Lesson 2 Into the World of Art
Discovering Norman Rockwell
Welcome everyone to ____ Norman Rockwell exhibition.
My name is ____ Clark, and I will be your guide today.
Rockwell is one of ____ most famous American press illustrators and painters of all time.
He produced hundreds of covers ____ magazines.
The main ____ of his art include everyday life, social issues, and his identity as an artist.
Today, we will ____ a look at the representative work of each theme.
I will help you understand the world of ____ art better. Come this way.
Doctor and the Doll
Many of Rockwell’s works about everyday life are quite ____
____ example is Doctor and the Doll, produced in 1929.
The little girl, who seems to be about four or five ____ old, is facing the old man while holding up a doll.
____ man is wearing a black suit, and there is a doctor’s bag under the chair.
The girl has already put the doll’s dress under her arm because she wants to get her doll examined by the ____
The doctor is going along with her wish and is ____ to listen to the doll’s heart.
He is treating her and ____ doll carefully.
Doesn’t the look on her face look like a worried mother at the ____
Do you think the girl really ____ the doll is sick or she is just playing hospital with the doctor?
This work ____ us appreciate the innocence of children.
The girl’s cuteness and the ____ kindness evoke a feeling of warmth, bringing tender smiles to viewers’ faces.
Let’s move on to the next one.
Rockwell also ____ works about the social issues of the times he was living in.
Let’s take a look at this piece. This was painted ____ 1964.
____ the street walks a little African American girl wearing a pure white dress and guarded by people wearing armbands.
A tomato, perhaps thrown at her, is smashed on the ____ while juice stains the wall above.
The redness of ____ tomato easily captures the viewers’ attention.
The title ____ this work is The Problem We All Live With.
Can you guess what contemporary ____ the artist wanted to describe?
It is segregation and ____ in the U.S.
This work was inspired by ____ Bridges’ historic walk.
Ruby was the first African American child to enter an elementary school for ____ children in New Orleans.
The U.S. Supreme Court had just ruled the segregation of public schools for white and African American students ____ be unconstitutional.
On her first day ____ school, she walked past an angry crowd protesting her enrollment at the school for white students.
The historical background made this painting an ____ symbol of the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.
The Connoisseur
Now, look at The Connoisseur, created in ____
In the painting, an abstract art piece is ____ on the wall and a gentleman is looking at it.
The man is painted realistically in Rockwell’s typical style, but the abstract art piece shows splashes of paint ____ a variety of colors.
____ you think that the abstract art is quite different from Rockwell’s realistic works?
Let ____ explain why he painted it.
After World War II, art critics fascinated by abstract art devalued ____ realistic style.
In response, Rockwell decided ____ paint his own abstract painting.
____ used the drip technique, which was used by modernist artists at that time.
By combining these different ____ in one art piece, Rockwell highlighted his identity as a painter as well as an illustrator.
In addition,
In addition, we can see ____ man only from the rear.
Do you think he likes ____ dislikes the abstract painting?
Rockwell left the interpretation of the gentleman’s reaction ____ us.
So, did you get an idea of what Norman Rockwell ____ to communicate through his paintings?
When ____ look at art, it is important to grasp the artists’ intentions behind it.
Still, it ____ without saying that it is also important to look at art from various angles and appreciate it in your own way.
I hope you enjoy the rest ____ the exhibition.
공통영어2 천재 조수경 2과 한줄 해석 Into the World of Art