Solution intermediate progress test 7

Read the text and choose the correct words.

Lost Pissarro paintings discovered! Two paintings by the famous 19th-century French artist Camille Pissarro 1 _____ in a secret room under an old house in Magdeburg, Germany. They 2 _____ while building work 3 _____ on the house. ‘I wanted a new kitchen, and I 4 _____ at the time,’ said the owner, Wolfgang Brandt. ‘But after the old stones on the kitchen floor 5 _____ , we found stairs down to a secret room. That’s where we found the paintings,’ Mr Brandt told reporters. Camille Pissarro lived in France, but he escaped to England during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870−71. He had to leave 1,500 of his paintings in France. Most of these paintings 6 _____ by Prussian soldiers, but some disappeared. And they 7 _____ found − until now. At the moment, the paintings 8 _____ after by a museum in Berlin. But after they 9 _____ , they 10 _____ back to France.

Read the text and choose the correct words.

Lost Pissarro paintings discovered! Two paintings by the famous 19th-century French artist Camille Pissarro 1 _____ in a secret room under an old house in Magdeburg, Germany. They 2 ___ while building work 3 _ on the house. ‘I wanted a new kitchen, and I 4 _ at the time,’ said the owner, Wolfgang Brandt. ‘But after the old stones on the kitchen floor 5 _ , we found stairs down to a secret room. That’s where we found the paintings,’ Mr Brandt told reporters. Camille Pissarro lived in France, but he escaped to England during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870−71. He had to leave 1,500 of his paintings in France. Most of these paintings 6 _ by Prussian soldiers, but some disappeared. And they 7 _ found − until now. At the moment, the paintings 8 _ after by a museum in Berlin. But after they 9 _ , they 10 ___ back to France.

Read the text and choose the correct words.

Lost Pissarro paintings discovered! Two paintings by the famous 19th-century French artist Camille Pissarro 1 _____ in a secret room under an old house in Magdeburg, Germany. They 2 ___ while building work 3____ on the house. ‘I wanted a new kitchen, and I 4 at the time,’ said the owner, Wolfgang Brandt. ‘But after the old stones on the kitchen floor 5 , we found stairs down to a secret room. That’s where we found the paintings,’ Mr Brandt told reporters. Camille Pissarro lived in France, but he escaped to England during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870−71. He had to leave 1,500 of his paintings in France. Most of these paintings 6 by Prussian soldiers, but some disappeared. And they 7 found − until now. At the moment, the paintings 8 after by a museum in Berlin. But after they 9 , they 10 __ back to France.

Read the text and choose the correct words.

Lost Pissarro paintings discovered! Two paintings by the famous 19th-century French artist Camille Pissarro 1 ___ in a secret room under an old house in Magdeburg, Germany. They 2 _ while building work 3__ on the house. ‘I wanted a new kitchen, and I 4______ at the time,’ said the owner, Wolfgang Brandt. ‘But after the old stones on the kitchen floor 5 , we found stairs down to a secret room. That’s where we found the paintings,’ Mr Brandt told reporters. Camille Pissarro lived in France, but he escaped to England during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870−71. He had to leave 1,500 of his paintings in France. Most of these paintings 6 by Prussian soldiers, but some disappeared. And they 7 found − until now. At the moment, the paintings 8 after by a museum in Berlin. But after they 9 , they 10 __ back to France.

Read the text and choose the correct words.

Lost Pissarro paintings discovered! Two paintings by the famous 19th-century French artist Camille Pissarro 1 _____ in a secret room under an old house in Magdeburg, Germany. They 2 ___ while building work 3 _ on the house. ‘I wanted a new kitchen, and I 4 _ at the time,’ said the owner, Wolfgang Brandt. ‘But after the old stones on the kitchen floor 5 _ , we found stairs down to a secret room. That’s where we found the paintings,’ Mr Brandt told reporters. Camille Pissarro lived in France, but he escaped to England during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870−71. He had to leave 1,500 of his paintings in France. Most of these paintings 6 _ by Prussian soldiers, but some disappeared. And they 7 _ found − until now. At the moment, the paintings 8 _ after by a museum in Berlin. But after they 9 _ , they 10 ___ back to France.

Read the text and choose the correct words.

Lost Pissarro paintings discovered! Two paintings by the famous 19th-century French artist Camille Pissarro 1 ___ in a secret room under an old house in Magdeburg, Germany. They 2 while building work 3 on the house. ‘I wanted a new kitchen, and I 4 _ at the time,’ said the owner, Wolfgang Brandt. ‘But after the old stones on the kitchen floor 5  , we found stairs down to a secret room. That’s where we found the paintings,’ Mr Brandt told reporters. Camille Pissarro lived in France, but he escaped to England during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870−71. He had to leave 1,500 of his paintings in France. Most of these paintings 6____ by Prussian soldiers, but some disappeared. And they 7 found − until now. At the moment, the paintings 8 after by a museum in Berlin. But after they 9 , they 10 ___ back to France.

Read the text and choose the correct words.

Lost Pissarro paintings discovered! Two paintings by the famous 19th-century French artist Camille Pissarro 1 ___ in a secret room under an old house in Magdeburg, Germany. They 2 while building work 3 on the house. ‘I wanted a new kitchen, and I 4 _ at the time,’ said the owner, Wolfgang Brandt. ‘But after the old stones on the kitchen floor 5  , we found stairs down to a secret room. That’s where we found the paintings,’ Mr Brandt told reporters. Camille Pissarro lived in France, but he escaped to England during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870−71. He had to leave 1,500 of his paintings in France. Most of these paintings 6__  by Prussian soldiers, but some disappeared. And they 7____ found − until now. At the moment, the paintings 8 after by a museum in Berlin. But after they 9 , they 10 ___ back to France.

Read the text and choose the correct words.

Lost Pissarro paintings discovered! Two paintings by the famous 19th-century French artist Camille Pissarro 1 ___ in a secret room under an old house in Magdeburg, Germany. They 2 while building work 3 on the house. ‘I wanted a new kitchen, and I 4 _ at the time,’ said the owner, Wolfgang Brandt. ‘But after the old stones on the kitchen floor 5  , we found stairs down to a secret room. That’s where we found the paintings,’ Mr Brandt told reporters. Camille Pissarro lived in France, but he escaped to England during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870−71. He had to leave 1,500 of his paintings in France. Most of these paintings 6__  by Prussian soldiers, but some disappeared. And they 7__ found − until now. At the moment, the paintings 8_ after by a museum in Berlin. But after they 9 , they 10 ___ back to France.

Read the text and choose the correct words.

Lost Pissarro paintings discovered! Two paintings by the famous 19th-century French artist Camille Pissarro 1 ___ in a secret room under an old house in Magdeburg, Germany. They 2 while building work 3 on the house. ‘I wanted a new kitchen, and I 4 _ at the time,’ said the owner, Wolfgang Brandt. ‘But after the old stones on the kitchen floor 5  , we found stairs down to a secret room. That’s where we found the paintings,’ Mr Brandt told reporters. Camille Pissarro lived in France, but he escaped to England during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870−71. He had to leave 1,500 of his paintings in France. Most of these paintings 6  by Prussian soldiers, but some disappeared. And they 7 found − until now. At the moment, the paintings 8 after by a museum in Berlin. But after they 9______ , they 10 ___ back to France.

Read the text and choose the correct words.

Lost Pissarro paintings discovered! Two paintings by the famous 19th-century French artist Camille Pissarro 1 ___ in a secret room under an old house in Magdeburg, Germany. They 2 while building work 3 on the house. ‘I wanted a new kitchen, and I 4 _ at the time,’ said the owner, Wolfgang Brandt. ‘But after the old stones on the kitchen floor 5  , we found stairs down to a secret room. That’s where we found the paintings,’ Mr Brandt told reporters. Camille Pissarro lived in France, but he escaped to England during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870−71. He had to leave 1,500 of his paintings in France. Most of these paintings 6  by Prussian soldiers, but some disappeared. And they 7 found − until now. At the moment, the paintings 8 after by a museum in Berlin. But after they 9______ , they 10 ___ back to France.

Complete the sentences with reflexive pronouns, or the correct form of the words in brackets.

You’re very good at drawing, Mark. Did you study it at college or teach _______________________ to do it?

Your sister’s getting married next weekend! That’s great. Where _______________________ (the wedding / hold)?

Mum and Dad are very angry with my brother. He _______________________ (his / hair / dye) bright red last weekend.

I’m not going to work here any more. I _______________________ (not / pay) for the last two months!

Sally does her hair at home. She _______________________ (not / it / cut) by a hairdresser.

Nobody helped me to compose the song. I wrote it all _______________________ .

Do you like our photography book? We took all the photos, then we _______________________ (the book / print) in London.

Mum and Dad are away this weekend, so we have to look after _______________________ .

It was a surprise party, so Joshua _______________________ (not / tell) about it before he came home

Rich people have chefs to cook for them. They don’t cook anything _______________________ .

Match the quotes with the words below

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

Helen has her nails ________ every weekend.

I don’t like the words of this song at all, but the music is good − it’s got a really nice ______ .

We went to an 18th-century ________ by Mozart last weekend.

Someone _________ into Mike’s email account last week.

It’s the second book by this _________ . His first was a science fiction story.

You really need a computer to make good _______ music

Complete the sentences with the words below.

Read the text and complete gaps 1–10. Choose the correct answer A, B or C.

Toby There’s a guided tour of Banksy’s street art in Bristol tomorrow. Do you want to come? I’m really 1 ___ his art.

Ruth I’ve never been that 2 ___ on Banksy. There’s a new photography exhibition at the museum though.

Toby I enjoy photography 3 ___ Do you know what the show is?

Ruth To be 4 ___ I can’t remember. But I think it’s wildlife photography.

Toby I really 5 ___ stand nature photography. I prefer photographs of people and cities. Why don’t we just go to the cinema instead? We could see the latest Star Wars movie.

Ruth Is there anything else on? Star Wars doesn’t 6 ___ anything for me, I 7 ___ say.

Toby I know what you mean. I’m not a big fan 8 ___ science fiction either.

Ruth 9 ___ honest, there doesn’t seem to be much on that we both want to do. Have you got any other ideas?

Toby Look, I know art isn’t really your 10 ___. So, why don’t we go swimming instead?

Ruth Great idea! Let’s spend the day there …

Read the text and complete gaps 1–10. Choose the correct answer A, B or C.

Toby There’s a guided tour of Banksy’s street art in Bristol tomorrow. Do you want to come? I’m really 1 ___ his art.

Ruth I’ve never been that 2 ___ on Banksy. There’s a new photography exhibition at the museum though.

Toby I enjoy photography 3 ___ Do you know what the show is?

Ruth To be 4 ___ I can’t remember. But I think it’s wildlife photography.

Toby I really 5 ___ stand nature photography. I prefer photographs of people and cities. Why don’t we just go to the cinema instead? We could see the latest Star Wars movie.

Ruth Is there anything else on? Star Wars doesn’t 6 _ anything for me, I 7 _ say.

Toby I know what you mean. I’m not a big fan 8 ___ science fiction either.

Ruth 9 ___ honest, there doesn’t seem to be much on that we both want to do. Have you got any other ideas?

Toby Look, I know art isn’t really your 10 ___. So, why don’t we go swimming instead?

Ruth Great idea! Let’s spend the day there …

Read the text and complete gaps 1–10. Choose the correct answer A, B or C.

Toby There’s a guided tour of Banksy’s street art in Bristol tomorrow. Do you want to come? I’m really 1 ___ his art.

Ruth I’ve never been that 2 ___ on Banksy. There’s a new photography exhibition at the museum though.

Toby I enjoy photography 3 ___ Do you know what the show is?

Ruth To be 4 ___ I can’t remember. But I think it’s wildlife photography.

Toby I really 5 ___ stand nature photography. I prefer photographs of people and cities. Why don’t we just go to the cinema instead? We could see the latest Star Wars movie.

Ruth Is there anything else on? Star Wars doesn’t 6 _ anything for me, I 7 _ say.

Toby I know what you mean. I’m not a big fan 8 ___ science fiction either.

Ruth 9 ___ honest, there doesn’t seem to be much on that we both want to do. Have you got any other ideas?

Toby Look, I know art isn’t really your 10 ___. So, why don’t we go swimming instead?

Ruth Great idea! Let’s spend the day there …

Read the text and complete gaps 1–10. Choose the correct answer A, B or C.

Toby There’s a guided tour of Banksy’s street art in Bristol tomorrow. Do you want to come? I’m really 1 ___ his art.

Ruth I’ve never been that 2 ___ on Banksy. There’s a new photography exhibition at the museum though.

Toby I enjoy photography 3 ___ Do you know what the show is?

Ruth To be 4 ___ I can’t remember. But I think it’s wildlife photography.

Toby I really 5 ___ stand nature photography. I prefer photographs of people and cities. Why don’t we just go to the cinema instead? We could see the latest Star Wars movie.

Ruth Is there anything else on? Star Wars doesn’t 6 _ anything for me, I 7 _ say.

Toby I know what you mean. I’m not a big fan 8 ___ science fiction either.

Ruth 9 ___ honest, there doesn’t seem to be much on that we both want to do. Have you got any other ideas?

Toby Look, I know art isn’t really your 10 ___. So, why don’t we go swimming instead?

Ruth Great idea! Let’s spend the day there …

Read the text and complete gaps 1–10. Choose the correct answer A, B or C.

Toby There’s a guided tour of Banksy’s street art in Bristol tomorrow. Do you want to come? I’m really 1 ___ his art.

Ruth I’ve never been that 2 ___ on Banksy. There’s a new photography exhibition at the museum though.

Toby I enjoy photography 3 ___ Do you know what the show is?

Ruth To be 4 ___ I can’t remember. But I think it’s wildlife photography.

Toby I really 5 ___ stand nature photography. I prefer photographs of people and cities. Why don’t we just go to the cinema instead? We could see the latest Star Wars movie.

Ruth Is there anything else on? Star Wars doesn’t 6 _ anything for me, I 7 _ say.

Toby I know what you mean. I’m not a big fan 8 ___ science fiction either.

Ruth 9 ___ honest, there doesn’t seem to be much on that we both want to do. Have you got any other ideas?

Toby Look, I know art isn’t really your 10 ___. So, why don’t we go swimming instead?

Ruth Great idea! Let’s spend the day there …

Read the text and complete gaps 1–10. Choose the correct answer A, B or C.

Toby There’s a guided tour of Banksy’s street art in Bristol tomorrow. Do you want to come? I’m really 1 ___ his art.

Ruth I’ve never been that 2 ___ on Banksy. There’s a new photography exhibition at the museum though.

Toby I enjoy photography 3 ___ Do you know what the show is?

Ruth To be 4 ___ I can’t remember. But I think it’s wildlife photography.

Toby I really 5 ___ stand nature photography. I prefer photographs of people and cities. Why don’t we just go to the cinema instead? We could see the latest Star Wars movie.

Ruth Is there anything else on? Star Wars doesn’t 6 _ anything for me, I 7 _ say.

Toby I know what you mean. I’m not a big fan 8 ___ science fiction either.

Ruth 9 ___ honest, there doesn’t seem to be much on that we both want to do. Have you got any other ideas?

Toby Look, I know art isn’t really your 10 ___. So, why don’t we go swimming instead?

Ruth Great idea! Let’s spend the day there …

Read the text and complete gaps 1–10. Choose the correct answer A, B or C.

Toby There’s a guided tour of Banksy’s street art in Bristol tomorrow. Do you want to come? I’m really 1 ___ his art.

Ruth I’ve never been that 2 ___ on Banksy. There’s a new photography exhibition at the museum though.

Toby I enjoy photography 3 ___ Do you know what the show is?

Ruth To be 4 ___ I can’t remember. But I think it’s wildlife photography.

Toby I really 5 ___ stand nature photography. I prefer photographs of people and cities. Why don’t we just go to the cinema instead? We could see the latest Star Wars movie.

Ruth Is there anything else on? Star Wars doesn’t 6 _ anything for me, I 7 _ say.

Toby I know what you mean. I’m not a big fan 8 ___ science fiction either.

Ruth 9 ___ honest, there doesn’t seem to be much on that we both want to do. Have you got any other ideas?

Toby Look, I know art isn’t really your 10 ___. So, why don’t we go swimming instead?

Ruth Great idea! Let’s spend the day there …

Read the text and complete gaps 1–10. Choose the correct answer A, B or C.

Toby There’s a guided tour of Banksy’s street art in Bristol tomorrow. Do you want to come? I’m really 1 ___ his art.

Ruth I’ve never been that 2 ___ on Banksy. There’s a new photography exhibition at the museum though.

Toby I enjoy photography 3 ___ Do you know what the show is?

Ruth To be 4 ___ I can’t remember. But I think it’s wildlife photography.

Toby I really 5 ___ stand nature photography. I prefer photographs of people and cities. Why don’t we just go to the cinema instead? We could see the latest Star Wars movie.

Ruth Is there anything else on? Star Wars doesn’t 6 _ anything for me, I 7 _ say.

Toby I know what you mean. I’m not a big fan 8 ___ science fiction either.

Ruth 9 ___ honest, there doesn’t seem to be much on that we both want to do. Have you got any other ideas?

Toby Look, I know art isn’t really your 10 ___. So, why don’t we go swimming instead?

Ruth Great idea! Let’s spend the day there …

Read the text and complete gaps 1–10. Choose the correct answer A, B or C.

Toby There’s a guided tour of Banksy’s street art in Bristol tomorrow. Do you want to come? I’m really 1 ___ his art.

Ruth I’ve never been that 2 ___ on Banksy. There’s a new photography exhibition at the museum though.

Toby I enjoy photography 3 ___ Do you know what the show is?

Ruth To be 4 ___ I can’t remember. But I think it’s wildlife photography.

Toby I really 5 ___ stand nature photography. I prefer photographs of people and cities. Why don’t we just go to the cinema instead? We could see the latest Star Wars movie.

Ruth Is there anything else on? Star Wars doesn’t 6 _ anything for me, I 7 _ say.

Toby I know what you mean. I’m not a big fan 8 ___ science fiction either.

Ruth 9 ___ honest, there doesn’t seem to be much on that we both want to do. Have you got any other ideas?

Toby Look, I know art isn’t really your 10 ___. So, why don’t we go swimming instead?

Ruth Great idea! Let’s spend the day there …

Read the text and complete gaps 1–10. Choose the correct answer A, B or C.

Toby There’s a guided tour of Banksy’s street art in Bristol tomorrow. Do you want to come? I’m really 1 ___ his art.

Ruth I’ve never been that 2 ___ on Banksy. There’s a new photography exhibition at the museum though.

Toby I enjoy photography 3 ___ Do you know what the show is?

Ruth To be 4 ___ I can’t remember. But I think it’s wildlife photography.

Toby I really 5 ___ stand nature photography. I prefer photographs of people and cities. Why don’t we just go to the cinema instead? We could see the latest Star Wars movie.

Ruth Is there anything else on? Star Wars doesn’t 6 _ anything for me, I 7 _ say.

Toby I know what you mean. I’m not a big fan 8 ___ science fiction either.

Ruth 9 ___ honest, there doesn’t seem to be much on that we both want to do. Have you got any other ideas?

Toby Look, I know art isn’t really your 10 ___. So, why don’t we go swimming instead?

Ruth Great idea! Let’s spend the day there …

This month in Art Around the World, Fiona Hitchens visits China

My first introduction to Chinese art was an early morning walk in Beihai Park in Beijing. There, I saw elderly people writing on the pavement with paintbrushes which were a metre long! I soon learned that they were doing water calligraphy − writing in water. The words have meanings, but they are also art. The calligraphy quickly disappears, of course. But tomorrow, the old people will be back. Temporary art like this is very popular in China. Every winter, Harbin, in northern China, is visited by sculptors and tourists from around the world. They come for the Harbin Ice Festival, when the city has huge sculptures made out of ice. The sculptures are bigger than houses, and they take weeks to make. Harbin’s freezing winter temperatures make it very difficult for the artists to work outside. But the weather also means that the sculptures will be protected until the spring. A few days later in Tibet, western China, I watched artists make sand paintings. The pictures are full of symbols, and they have important religious meanings for Tibetan people. They look amazing, but the paintings are soon destroyed by the artists who make them. It is important for Tibetan culture to make these paintings, then have them destroyed. Of course, not all Chinese art is temporary − some of it has been around for a very long time! Near the city of Xi’an, I visited the amazing terracotta warriors, or soldiers. In 200 BCE, 8,000 statues of soldiers were made by sculptors out of a material called terracotta. They are as big as real people and they all have different faces. An important king had the statues produced to protect his body after he died. They stayed under the ground with the dead king for over 2,000 years, until they were discovered by a farmer in 1974. At the China Art Museum, in Shanghai, I saw wonderful 16th-century Chinese paintings of tall mountains, trees and cliffs. The paintings were beautiful, but they didn’t look very realistic to me at the time. ‘Mountains aren’t like that,’ I thought. But that was before the last stop on my trip: the mountains of Zhangjiajie National Park. These mountains were used by film director James Cameron in his sci-fi film Avatar because they look like something from another planet. On my last weekend in China, I took a cable car up into the mountains there. Trees grew on the sides of hundred-metre cliffs, and strange towers of rock appeared out of the morning fog. It looked just like the pictures in the China Art Museum. For a moment, I felt like I was inside a Chinese painting!

Glossary brush − you use this to paint

What does the writer say about the people she saw in Beihai Park?

This month in Art Around the World, Fiona Hitchens visits China

My first introduction to Chinese art was an early morning walk in Beihai Park in Beijing. There, I saw elderly people writing on the pavement with paintbrushes which were a metre long! I soon learned that they were doing water calligraphy − writing in water. The words have meanings, but they are also art. The calligraphy quickly disappears, of course. But tomorrow, the old people will be back. Temporary art like this is very popular in China. Every winter, Harbin, in northern China, is visited by sculptors and tourists from around the world. They come for the Harbin Ice Festival, when the city has huge sculptures made out of ice. The sculptures are bigger than houses, and they take weeks to make. Harbin’s freezing winter temperatures make it very difficult for the artists to work outside. But the weather also means that the sculptures will be protected until the spring. A few days later in Tibet, western China, I watched artists make sand paintings. The pictures are full of symbols, and they have important religious meanings for Tibetan people. They look amazing, but the paintings are soon destroyed by the artists who make them. It is important for Tibetan culture to make these paintings, then have them destroyed. Of course, not all Chinese art is temporary − some of it has been around for a very long time! Near the city of Xi’an, I visited the amazing terracotta warriors, or soldiers. In 200 BCE, 8,000 statues of soldiers were made by sculptors out of a material called terracotta. They are as big as real people and they all have different faces. An important king had the statues produced to protect his body after he died. They stayed under the ground with the dead king for over 2,000 years, until they were discovered by a farmer in 1974. At the China Art Museum, in Shanghai, I saw wonderful 16th-century Chinese paintings of tall mountains, trees and cliffs. The paintings were beautiful, but they didn’t look very realistic to me at the time. ‘Mountains aren’t like that,’ I thought. But that was before the last stop on my trip: the mountains of Zhangjiajie National Park. These mountains were used by film director James Cameron in his sci-fi film Avatar because they look like something from another planet. On my last weekend in China, I took a cable car up into the mountains there. Trees grew on the sides of hundred-metre cliffs, and strange towers of rock appeared out of the morning fog. It looked just like the pictures in the China Art Museum. For a moment, I felt like I was inside a Chinese painting!

Glossary brush − you use this to paint

The cold weather in Harbin

This month in Art Around the World, Fiona Hitchens visits China

My first introduction to Chinese art was an early morning walk in Beihai Park in Beijing. There, I saw elderly people writing on the pavement with paintbrushes which were a metre long! I soon learned that they were doing water calligraphy − writing in water. The words have meanings, but they are also art. The calligraphy quickly disappears, of course. But tomorrow, the old people will be back. Temporary art like this is very popular in China. Every winter, Harbin, in northern China, is visited by sculptors and tourists from around the world. They come for the Harbin Ice Festival, when the city has huge sculptures made out of ice. The sculptures are bigger than houses, and they take weeks to make. Harbin’s freezing winter temperatures make it very difficult for the artists to work outside. But the weather also means that the sculptures will be protected until the spring. A few days later in Tibet, western China, I watched artists make sand paintings. The pictures are full of symbols, and they have important religious meanings for Tibetan people. They look amazing, but the paintings are soon destroyed by the artists who make them. It is important for Tibetan culture to make these paintings, then have them destroyed. Of course, not all Chinese art is temporary − some of it has been around for a very long time! Near the city of Xi’an, I visited the amazing terracotta warriors, or soldiers. In 200 BCE, 8,000 statues of soldiers were made by sculptors out of a material called terracotta. They are as big as real people and they all have different faces. An important king had the statues produced to protect his body after he died. They stayed under the ground with the dead king for over 2,000 years, until they were discovered by a farmer in 1974. At the China Art Museum, in Shanghai, I saw wonderful 16th-century Chinese paintings of tall mountains, trees and cliffs. The paintings were beautiful, but they didn’t look very realistic to me at the time. ‘Mountains aren’t like that,’ I thought. But that was before the last stop on my trip: the mountains of Zhangjiajie National Park. These mountains were used by film director James Cameron in his sci-fi film Avatar because they look like something from another planet. On my last weekend in China, I took a cable car up into the mountains there. Trees grew on the sides of hundred-metre cliffs, and strange towers of rock appeared out of the morning fog. It looked just like the pictures in the China Art Museum. For a moment, I felt like I was inside a Chinese painting!

Glossary brush − you use this to paint

Which is true about Tibetan sand paintings?

This month in Art Around the World, Fiona Hitchens visits China

My first introduction to Chinese art was an early morning walk in Beihai Park in Beijing. There, I saw elderly people writing on the pavement with paintbrushes which were a metre long! I soon learned that they were doing water calligraphy − writing in water. The words have meanings, but they are also art. The calligraphy quickly disappears, of course. But tomorrow, the old people will be back. Temporary art like this is very popular in China. Every winter, Harbin, in northern China, is visited by sculptors and tourists from around the world. They come for the Harbin Ice Festival, when the city has huge sculptures made out of ice. The sculptures are bigger than houses, and they take weeks to make. Harbin’s freezing winter temperatures make it very difficult for the artists to work outside. But the weather also means that the sculptures will be protected until the spring. A few days later in Tibet, western China, I watched artists make sand paintings. The pictures are full of symbols, and they have important religious meanings for Tibetan people. They look amazing, but the paintings are soon destroyed by the artists who make them. It is important for Tibetan culture to make these paintings, then have them destroyed. Of course, not all Chinese art is temporary − some of it has been around for a very long time! Near the city of Xi’an, I visited the amazing terracotta warriors, or soldiers. In 200 BCE, 8,000 statues of soldiers were made by sculptors out of a material called terracotta. They are as big as real people and they all have different faces. An important king had the statues produced to protect his body after he died. They stayed under the ground with the dead king for over 2,000 years, until they were discovered by a farmer in 1974. At the China Art Museum, in Shanghai, I saw wonderful 16th-century Chinese paintings of tall mountains, trees and cliffs. The paintings were beautiful, but they didn’t look very realistic to me at the time. ‘Mountains aren’t like that,’ I thought. But that was before the last stop on my trip: the mountains of Zhangjiajie National Park. These mountains were used by film director James Cameron in his sci-fi film Avatar because they look like something from another planet. On my last weekend in China, I took a cable car up into the mountains there. Trees grew on the sides of hundred-metre cliffs, and strange towers of rock appeared out of the morning fog. It looked just like the pictures in the China Art Museum. For a moment, I felt like I was inside a Chinese painting!

Glossary brush − you use this to paint

Why was the author’s visit to Zhangjiajie important?

This month in Art Around the World, Fiona Hitchens visits China

My first introduction to Chinese art was an early morning walk in Beihai Park in Beijing. There, I saw elderly people writing on the pavement with paintbrushes which were a metre long! I soon learned that they were doing water calligraphy − writing in water. The words have meanings, but they are also art. The calligraphy quickly disappears, of course. But tomorrow, the old people will be back. Temporary art like this is very popular in China. Every winter, Harbin, in northern China, is visited by sculptors and tourists from around the world. They come for the Harbin Ice Festival, when the city has huge sculptures made out of ice. The sculptures are bigger than houses, and they take weeks to make. Harbin’s freezing winter temperatures make it very difficult for the artists to work outside. But the weather also means that the sculptures will be protected until the spring. A few days later in Tibet, western China, I watched artists make sand paintings. The pictures are full of symbols, and they have important religious meanings for Tibetan people. They look amazing, but the paintings are soon destroyed by the artists who make them. It is important for Tibetan culture to make these paintings, then have them destroyed. Of course, not all Chinese art is temporary − some of it has been around for a very long time! Near the city of Xi’an, I visited the amazing terracotta warriors, or soldiers. In 200 BCE, 8,000 statues of soldiers were made by sculptors out of a material called terracotta. They are as big as real people and they all have different faces. An important king had the statues produced to protect his body after he died. They stayed under the ground with the dead king for over 2,000 years, until they were discovered by a farmer in 1974. At the China Art Museum, in Shanghai, I saw wonderful 16th-century Chinese paintings of tall mountains, trees and cliffs. The paintings were beautiful, but they didn’t look very realistic to me at the time. ‘Mountains aren’t like that,’ I thought. But that was before the last stop on my trip: the mountains of Zhangjiajie National Park. These mountains were used by film director James Cameron in his sci-fi film Avatar because they look like something from another planet. On my last weekend in China, I took a cable car up into the mountains there. Trees grew on the sides of hundred-metre cliffs, and strange towers of rock appeared out of the morning fog. It looked just like the pictures in the China Art Museum. For a moment, I felt like I was inside a Chinese painting!

Glossary brush − you use this to paint

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