Упр.3 Модуль 8 Across the curriculum ГДЗ Spotlight 11 класс

Read the text and choose the correct word (1–4) for each gap (1–7). Listen to and read the text again. Then, explain the words in bold.

The Father of Modern Art

Paul Cézanne is regarded 1) … the artist who bridged the gap between the school of Impressionism of the late 19th century and the beginning of Modern Art in the early 20th century. Both Picasso and Matisse, two of the greatest Modern artists of the 20th century, 2) …. to Cézanne as ‘the father of us all’. Cézanne’s greatest contribution to painting was his development of colour, composition and perspective in his search for the perfect balance of nature and art, and the way he changed forever how artists who followed after him approached a canvas. Cézanne was born into a rich French family, so he never 3) … struggle for his art due to financial difficulties. In fact, it was his wealth that allowed him to continue to work on his own style of painting, even though it was largely ignored by the other French artists. It was not until the 4) ….. years of his life that the art world finally began to recognise his talent. Not long 5) ….. his death, in 1906, a major exhibition of his paintings was held in Paris and it took the art world by 6) ….. . Cézanne’s art led to artists becoming more and more interested in using multiple views of the same subject. It also freed later artists from a dependence on natural and realistic forms in their depiction of the world around them. Cezanne was, without 7) … , a titan of the art world. His legacy was to give the artists who came after him the opportunity to look at the world in a completely new light.