listening: Monet

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Monet's Waterlilies

You will practise listening

You will learn about Monet

00:00

What do you know about Monet?

00:31

The phrase: a chocolate box artist...

1. Exemplifies the respect of the general public
2. Is a way for critics to show their respect
3. Is used to emphasize that his work is too simple
4. Is used to mock him

00:57

What is the story behind Monet's waterlilies?

01:49

Why should Monet just have retired?

1. Everything in his life seemed to be going wrong
2. He would never paint anything of great value again

02:31

While the work was originally displayed as Monet wished, it has since been altered

1. True
2. False

03:20

What make the rooms in which the art pieces are presented the most special?

1. Their oval shape
2. The carfully measured spaces between the paintings
3. The orientation of the paintings
4. The use and effect of the sunlight

04:37

Why was painting Monet's patriotic duty?

1. Because his paintings were so touching
2. Because it was part of the fight against the Germans
3. Because the prime minister himself asked Monet to keep painting
4. Because French art was the hight of civilisation

06:49

How had Monet's reputation changed from the 19th to the 20th century?

07:48

Before he started his work for the Orangerie, Monet did not have a studio and painted all of his works outside

1. True
2. False

10:17

Why do the pieces work so well as a war memorial according to the narrator?

1. Because of the blended painting technique
2. Because of the colours that are used
3. Because of the missing horizon
4. Because of the melancholic atmosphere

13:22

According to the narrator, why where the the paintings still unfinished?

1. It was a concious decision, to show that war never ends
2. Monet was unable to finish the work because of his eyesight
3. Monet could not let go of the paintings as they were his reason to live
4. Monet was too sick to continue working

15:30

At the end of his life, appreciation for Monet was at an all time low

1. True
2. False

Do you think Monet is a chocolate box artist?

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