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LISTENING COMPREHENSION ANDY WARHOL, THE PAINTER OF MODERN TIMES

(Document 1) Watch the video “Tribute to Andy Warhol” and try to

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guess Who was Andy Warhol and describe his work (use the art and entertainment vocabulary)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VII2-LnxvR4

(Document 2) Learn about the artist : Watch the video and answer the

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http://www.biography.com/people/andy-warhol-9523875/videos/andy-warhol-mini-biography2168460552 1- How is Warhol described at the beginning ? Complete :  “ ……………………………………………… icon and ……………………………………… of the Pop Art movement”. 2- When and where was he born ? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3- Put the letters into the right order to know what happened to Warhol when he was 8 : a- It was during that time b- For months. c- A rare disease of the nervous system d- that his mother gave him e- He contracted chorea, f-

Which left him bed-ridden

g- his first drawing lessons.  The tight order is ………/ ……… / ……… /……… /……… /……… /……… / 4- What did he do in 1949 ? Why ? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………

5- What was he attracted to ? Why ? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………

6- What do the following figures correspond to : 1952 / 15 ? 1952 : ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……… 15: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………… 7- Complete : “ Warhol was at the forefront of the ………………………… of the ………………………… movement”.

8- When were 32 Campbell’s Soup Cans and painted ? ………………………………………………

Gold Marilyn

9- Circle the correct answer : Warhol’s approach to celebrities was Ironical 

satirical 

hypocritical 

10- True or false ? Justify by quoting : Today , Warhol’ s portraits are highly expensive. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……… 11- Complete the 2 blanks with the same word, whose definition is “to mock” :  Warhol was always ……………………………………………………… at things but couldn’t tell people that he was ……………………………………………………… at things . 12- When did he begin operating at The factory ? ……………………………………… 13- Correct the mistakes :  It was at The Factory that Warhol made his first paintings. He was one of the first artists to exhibit portraits as artwork. 14- True or false ? Justify by quoting . 

In 1968, Warhol married Valerie Solanas. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………

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Andy Warhol was a night owl (couche-tard) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………

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He didn’t like being with famous people. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………

15- When did he die? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 16- What happened in 1994 ? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17- Complete :  «once a social outcast (personne lise au ban de la société) , Warhol rose to become one of the most ………………………………………… artists of the XXth century, whose ………………………………………… still continues to ………………………………………… ».