B2 · 26 words
Lotte at an art exhibition
Lotte takes Kalle to an exhibition of modern art, and in front of a blue square he asks whether that is art. Learn to describe a painting, to say what it makes you feel and to argue about taste.
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Lotte
Ist die Ausstellung nicht beeindruckend? Lauter zeitgenössische Kunst aus Berlin!
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Translation
Isn't the exhibition impressive? Nothing but contemporary art from Berlin!
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Lotte
Betrachte es mal länger. Ich interpretiere es als ein Stück Himmel über dem Grunewald. Vor der weißen Wand wirkt es fast unendlich.
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Translation
Look at it a bit longer. I interpret it as a piece of sky over the Grunewald. Against the white wall it seems almost endless.
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Kalle
Da sehe ich wenigstens etwas: im Vordergrund ein Gesicht, im Hintergrund Bäume. Das blaue Quadrat will doch nur provozieren.
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Translation
At least I can see something there: a face in the foreground, trees in the background. The blue square just wants to provoke.
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Lotte
Vielleicht. Aber dass wir so darüber streiten, zeigt doch, dass es einen Eindruck hinterlässt. Am Ende ist Schönheit Geschmackssache.
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Translation
Maybe. But the fact that we're arguing about it shows it leaves an impression. In the end, beauty is a matter of taste.
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Words and Phrases
- das Werk work
- das Kunstwerk work of art
- die Skulptur sculpture
- die Leinwand canvas
- der Eindruck impression
- der Vordergrund foreground
- der Hintergrund background
- die Galerie gallery
- das Porträt portrait
- der Rahmen frame
- die Epoche era
- die Geschmackssache matter of taste
- darstellen to depict
- wirken to seem
- auslösen to trigger
- interpretieren to interpret
- betrachten to look at
- provozieren to provoke
- abstrakt abstract
- zeitgenössisch contemporary
- ausdrucksstark expressive
- die Ausstellung exhibition
- das Gemälde painting
- die Künstlerin artist
- beeindruckend impressive
- die Kunst art
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