1 Here are some paintings. Write down their titles and painters. Tell each other briefly what you think the painters want to tell you in their paintings.
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2 Here is a painting by Vincent Van Gogh called The Bedroom . Tell your partner what there are in the painting and how the painting makes you feel. Try to use the useful expressions in the box on the next page if necessary.
Vincent Van Gogh
The Bedroom
October 1888
oil on canvas
elegant (优雅的,漂亮的) post-impressionist (后印象派画家) exaggerate (夸张)
distort (扭曲) tilt (倾斜) exciting / expressive (有表现力的) brilliant / fresh colours
colour scheme (配色) lucid (清晰的) images (形象)
It shows his own bedroom, furnished with...
...is closely observed and lovingly portrayed (描绘)
put oneself into every stroke (笔触) of paint
The colour and space are emotional (令人动情的) and irrational (失去理性的) .
He used colours and forms (造型) to convey (传达) ...