Anglais : art et pouvoir

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Power is only political.

Vrai
Faux

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Power can resort to various possibilities to demonstrate its influence. It can be a hard power (political, military), but also a soft power (fashion, literary, artistic…) Every field that can change the world and change history can be considered as a tool of power.

What is the word corresponding to "writings or drawings on a wall or other surface in a public place"?

graffitis
billboards
adverts

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Although graffiti art has been considered as vandalism for a long time, since the 1960’s it has gained a lot of respect and value on the art market. (check the video for more information!)

Who is a famous English street artist?

Edward Hopper
Norman Rockwell
Banksy

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Banksy is an English street artist but also a political activist. Banksy is a pseudo and his real identity still remains a secret. He paints and displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls. He has won multiple awards for his influence on arts.

What is The Great Depression?

The decade of the 1920s in Western society and Western culture. It was a period of economic prosperity.
Nowadays period, when people are depressed because of the covid crisis and unemployment issues.
A period of American history in the 1930s when a severe economic crisis struck the United States.

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It all started with the Wall Street crash of September 1929. Stock market prices collapsed, and millions of American who had invested their fortune lost everything they had. This economic disaster challenged the concept of the American Dream. It was a rough time for all the American people.

Fill in the blank: “Art can be considered as a _____?”

award
ideology
counter-power

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A counter-power is capable of challenging / defying and potentially destructing the power of another. It is used to represent people who, most of the time, don’t have the opportunity to speak for themselves. It takes multiple forms from Gandhi’s Salt March or John’s Lennon’s song “Imagine”.

Fill in the blank: “Art exists ____ people think.”

for this reason
in order to make
as well as make

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“in order to” exprime le but. TO/ IN ORDER TO/SO AS TO (pour, afin de) répondent à la question : “What ... for ?”

Fill in the blank: "Some artists prefer to use a pseudo _______ recognized.”

for not be
not to be
to be not

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“not to be” exprime le but négatif (afin de ne pas). C’est la négation « not » qui précède le verbe « to be ».

Fill in the blank: “Girl with Balloon is a painting that______ a girl holding a balloon.”

depicts
explains
praises

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“To depict” means to represent, to show, to illustrate. In this 2002 mural, Banksy depicts a young girl with her hand extended toward a red heart-shaped balloon carried away by the wind. The meaning can be interpreted as a loss of innocence.

In 1925, the poet Langston Hugues wrote a poem called:

I Have a Dream
The Chain Gang
I, too, sing America

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This poem, entitled I, too, sing America deals with African Americans whom he calls «the darker brother». The white Americans are portrayed dominating the black people. It tackles the issue of their unfair treatment and claims that they are as legitimate as white Americans.

Fill in: “This is William H. Johnson, a famous painter _____ work has helped support the cause of Black people in America.”

whose
that
whom

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WHOSE exprime un lien de possession ou de parenté. Il est immédiatement suivi du nom (objet possédé), sans article. Ce nom peut être sujet ou complément (ici, « work » est le sujet de « has helped »)

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