Listen to the whole recording. What is it about?Écoute tout l'enregistrement. De quoi parle-t-il ?
- This recording tells
- The recording sounds like
The facts: listen again and choose.Les faits : écoute encore et choisis.
- Where had Warhol discovered commercial processes?
- When did he begin using these processes in his paintings?
- What were his very first silk-screen paintings?
- Why did silk-screening interest Warhol?
- What happened in California in 1962?
- Why had Warhol given up comic strips?
- By the end of the sixties, what made people instantly think of Warhol?
Listen and write the verbs in the right tense (the base verb is given).Écoute et écris les verbes au bon temps (le verbe de base est donné).
The past perfect: « had » + past participle
It tells what had already happened before another moment in the past:
In 1962, Warhol showed his soup cans in California (moment 2)… but he had already displayed his work in New York (moment 1, before).
Irregular verbs: begin → had begun · see → had seen · give → had given · become → had become.
It tells what had already happened before another moment in the past:
In 1962, Warhol showed his soup cans in California (moment 2)… but he had already displayed his work in New York (moment 1, before).
Irregular verbs: begin → had begun · see → had seen · give → had given · become → had become.
The painting known as Campbell's Soup Cans is on permanent display at the MOMA in New York. Warhol (see) and adopted commercial processes when he (be) a commercial illustrator. He (begin) using them in paintings in late 1961. The Campbell's soup pictures (be) among the earliest silk-screen paintings, although he (begin) with dollar bills. He (recognize) that the way silk-screening imitated mass manufacture (be) a good way to show his own ideas about modernity in art. He (already reject) abstract impressionism some years before. He (even use) magazine illustration techniques to make his own images. Warhol (show) the work in California in 1962. It (be) his first one-man show, although he (previously display) his work in galleries in New York. Following this California exhibition, he (become) famous on the west coast. From then on, he (link) to images of mass consumption, in the same way as Lichtenstein (become) linked to comic-book style art. Indeed, Warhol (give) up on comic strip work himself because he (see) that Lichtenstein (be) so good. The soup cans (become) for him the symbol of Pop Art. By the end of the sixties, the soup cans, like Marilyn Monroe, (make) people instantly think of Warhol.
Your turn (on a sheet of paper).À toi (sur une feuille).
On a sheet of paper, tell the road to fame of a famous person you like (a singer, a footballer, a YouTuber, an actor…) in 8 to 10 lines.
Use the past perfect for what had happened before: When she became famous, she had already recorded two albums. · Before he played for Real Madrid, he had played in a small club. · He had never been on TV before 2020…
Read it to a partner without saying the name: can they guess who it is?
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