ESPE - ARMY POLYTHECNIC SCHOOL

Name: Oscullo José

Date: April 22th, 2019
Level: V-VI
NRC: 3067

Portraits
2.a. Look at paragraph 1 of the article and the two portraits c and d and answer questions.
1. What two things do the portraits have in common?
- The artist is the person that pose.
- Their assistants paint on them.
2. What do you think the rest of the article is about?
The article is extremely interesting because the person is part of the portrait and they disappears into the
background like a human chameleon. The portraits are completely fascinating.
2.b. Read the rest of the article. Match the artists to their portraits. What messages are the two artists trying to
express.
Artists try to express that their identity disappear in background of the portrait but They are part of their
environment.
3.a. Read the article again and match the facts to Liu (L), Zhang (Z) or both (B)
1. He doesn’t live in the country of his birth Z
2. The title of his work is easy to understand L
3. His work is connected with how he sees himself B
4. His art is a performance that the public can watch. L
5. His work has a very personal significance. B
6.His body becomes part of the artwork. B
3.b. In what ways are the two artists similar?
The two artists are part of portrait. Their assistants paint on them.
In what ways are they different?
One artist use ink and other use a collection of images.
Which portrait do you prefer? Why?
I prefer the artist Liu because he is hiding in the portrait a huge collection of images.
Grammar & Vocabulary
1. Find the adjectives in bold in the article. What is each adjective describing?

interesting: a work of art,

fascinating: a work of art,
good: a title,
fantastic: a collection of images,
special: the way the artist works,
unique: a protest

2. Which adjective is stronger in each pair?

fascinating, fantastic, unique.

3. What word comes directly before each adjective?

extremely interesting, totally fascinating, very good, absolutely fantastic, very special, completely
unique.
2.a. Look at the adjectives in the box. Make seven more-word pair with similar meanings. Use a dictionary
to help you.
bad/terrible, beautiful/stunning, big/huge, difficult/impossible, small/tiny, tasty/delicious,
tired/exhausted.

Which adjectives would you not normally use to describe a work of the art?
The adjectives to describe a work of art: difficult/impossible, tasty/delicious, tired/exhausted

2.b. Decide which adjectives you can use with

a. very beautiful, bad, big, difficult, tasty, tired, small.

b. absolutely stunning, delicious, exhausted, huge, impossible, terrible, tiny.

3.a. Look at pages 24 and 25. Write a sentence about three of the pieces of art you can see, with the adjectives
and modifiers in 1 and 2

The graffiti over animals are fairly shocking.

The work of art can be totally fascinating.
An exhibition over portrait are very interesting.
4. Make box gradable and absolute adjectives.
Gradable: cold, hot, old, angry, dirty, clever, happy, hungry, funny.
Absolute: married, freezing, digital, domestic, awful, brilliant, thrilled, excellent, boiling.