Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the sixth year of elementary school, about Tarsila do Amaral. How about knowing the story of one of the most important plastic artists in Brazil? Then, she carefully reads the text and then answers the various interpretative questions proposed! Come on?
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Tarsila do Amaral was one of the most important plastic artists in Brazil, and her most famous work, the painting Abaporu, is an icon of the national modernist movement. Tarsila was born on September 1, 1886 in Capivari, in the interior of São Paulo. She spent her childhood on her father's farms, inherited from her grandfather who was a millionaire. The girl studied at good schools and completed her studies in Europe.
Her connection with art came when she was still a teenager, in Barcelona, when she was studying at a boarding school and produced the work Sagrado Coração de Jesus.
She studied art in Paris, at the Julian Academy and at Émile Renard. She also met Pablo Picasso, getting close to the artist Fernand Légere, with whom she learned various painting techniques.
In 1922, Tarsila do Amaral met the group that would head the Brazilian modernist movement: beyond her own, the group was formed by Anita Malfatti, Menotti Del Picchia, Mário de Andrade and Oswald de Andrade.
It was in 1924, during a trip to Minas Gerais, that Tarsila discovered vivid colors, Brazilian landscapes, and thus began a phase of her painting known as Pau-Brasil.
In October 1926 she married Oswald de Andrade, and in 1928 she painted the iconic Abaporu, meaning “the man who eats”, given as a gift to her husband.
Tarsila had her first solo exhibition in Brazil in 1929, in Rio de Janeiro. She was declared the most representative painter of the first phase of Modernism in Brazil […]
In 1965, she underwent a surgery that, due to a medical error, left her paraplegic because she felt a lot of pain in her spine. The following year, Tarsila lost her only child and became close to spiritualism, becoming friends with Chico Xavier.
Tarsila died in São Paulo on January 17, 1973. She left several works around the world and a legacy that will always be remembered.
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Question 1 - The text read is:
( ) a biography.
( ) an interview.
( ) a report.
Question 2 - In the passage “Tarsila do Amaral was one of the most important plastic artists in Brazil […]”, the author of the text:
( ) evaluates Tarsila do Amaral.
( ) defines Tarsila do Amaral.
( ) characterizes Tarsila do Amaral.
Question 3 - What does it mean to say that “the Abaporu painting is an icon of the national modernist movement”?
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Question 4 – In “[…] with whom she learned various painting techniques.”, The term “who” refers to:
( ) to Pablo Picasso.
( ) to the artist Fernand Légere.
( ) to Oswald de Andrade.
Question 5 - Tarsila do Amaral “began a phase of her painting known as Pau-Brasil”:
( ) in 1922.
( ) in 1924.
( ) in 1926.
Question 6 – Tarsila do Amaral's identification with art happened:
( ) in the childhood.
( ) in adolescence.
( ) in adult life.
Question 7 – In “[…] due to a medical error, she left her paraplegic.”, The word “for” indicates:
( ) the cause of Tarsila do Amaral becoming paraplegic.
( ) Tarsila do Amaral's purpose for having become paraplegic.
( ) the consequence of Tarsila do Amaral becoming paraplegic.
Question 8 – Justify the use of quotation marks in the text:
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question 9 – Point out the fact that highlights the importance of Tarsila do Amaral's art:
( ) “The girl studied at good schools and completed her studies in Europe.”
( ) “Tarsila do Amaral met the group that would lead the modernist movement […]”
( ) “She left several works around the world and a legacy that will always be […]”
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.