miércoles, 9 de junio de 2021

Present simple and past simple : Activity : XUL SOLAR , an avant-gard argentine genius






 Rotulo by Xul Solar.

Complete the text with past simple about Xul Solar:

 Xul Solar___________ ( be )  a talented Argentine  painter, sculptor, writer, musician and inventor. He______ ( born) in San Fernando, Argentina in 1887 from Italian mother and German father.His real name _______(be ) Oscar Schulz Solari. He__________(take ) his surnames and _________(invent) his artistic name Xul Solar.

As a painter, Xul Solar_________( work) with watercolor, tempera and oils. He_________(develop) mainly  a self -taught talent  with a visual palette that ________(be)  a very distinct way of looking at life. He _________( create) his own style in art mixing philosophy, astrology and different religions through bright colors and geometric forms. 





Pan Altar Mundi, 1954 by Xul Solar.

                              

In 1912, Xul ( travel ) _______to Europe. There, he _______(study)  the style of Modigliani ,Picasso, Kandinsky  and Paul Klee which__________( influence) his artistic work. 1n 1917, he ______(meet ) the Argentine artist, Emilio Pettoruti  in Firenze, Italy. Emilio  __________(introduce) Xul to Futurism, a style that he________(use ) many times in his art. Xul and Emilio ________(build) a friendship and artistic partnership  and ________(tour) together several European countries. In 1920, Xul _______(make) his first major exhibition in Milan, together with the sculptor Arturo Martini with great success.

After his return to Argentina  from Europe in 1924, Xul  ______(begin) a  long lasting  friendship with Jorge Luis Borges. They ______(share) numerous topics of interest and intellectual affinities like oriental philosophy, literature, religion, mysticism, art and the passion for language. In 1928, Xul _______(illustrate) the cover of  "The language of the Argentines " by Jorge Luis Borges with oil and its interior with watercolors.



Prologue of 'The language of the Argentines'
 by Jorge Luis Borges, illustrated by Xul Solar.


Xul_________( become )an active member of the group ‘Martin Fierro ’ which ______(include) artists  like Emilio Pettoruti ,Oliverio Girondo, Leopoldo Marechal, Pedro Figari and Nora Lange.

Xul Solar  _______(be)one of the most talented argentine  artists and_______(have) a huge impact on the art world. He _________(get ) influences for his paintings from different art movements like Futurism, Surrealism and Expressionism and also from his travels and the individuals he _________(encounter) on his journeys. 

 

Vuel Villa by Xul Solar. 

                                  Pan tree by Xul Solar.

In addition to all the works that this great twentieth-century Argentine avant-garde __________(leave ), Xul Solar  also _________(venture) into the field of invention, always with the intention of recreating and, above all, improving reality. Some of his original creations _____(be) the board game Panjuego and the languages Panlengua and Neocriollo. Also, he________ (reinterprete ) the tarot cards painting  them with  Neocriollo names. 


Tarot cards by Xul Solar.



  Come and Discover 

this beautiful country 
ARGENTINA 
https://www.argentina.gob.ar/turism

 

 Texto cívico by Xul Solar .


Answers:

 Xul Solar was a talented Argentine  painter, sculptor, writer, musician and inventor. He was born in San Fernando, Argentina in 1887 from Italian mother and German father.His real name was  Oscar Schulz Solari. He took  his surnames and invented his artistic name Xul Solar.

As a painter, Xul Solar worked with watercolor, tempera and oils. He developed mainly  a self -taught talent  with a visual palette that was  a very distinct way of looking at life .He  created his own style in art mixing philosophy, astrology and different religions through bright colors and geometric forms. 




                       Drago by Xul Solar.

In 1912, Xul traveled to Europe . There,  he studied the style of Modigliani, Picasso, Kandinsky  and Paul Klee which influenced his artistic work. 1n 1917, he met  the Argentine artist, Emilio Pettoruti  in Firenze, Italy. Emilio  introduced  Xul to Futurism, a style that he used  many times in his art. Xul and Emilio built a friendship and artistic partnership  and toured together several European countries. In 1920, Xul  made his first major exhibition in Milan, together with the sculptor Arturo Martini with great success.

After his return to Argentina  from Europe in 1924, Xul  began a  long lasting  friendship with Jorge Luis Borges. They shared numerous topics of interest and intellectual affinities like oriental philosophy, literature, religion, mysticism, art and the passion for language. In 1928, Xul illustrated the cover of  "The language of the Argentines " by Jorge Luis Borges with oil and its interior with watercolors.

 

 


Rocas Lagui by Xul Solar.


Xul became an active member of the group ‘Martin Fierro ’ which included artists  like Emilio Pettoruti, Oliverio Girondo, Leopoldo Marechal, Pedro Figari and Nora Lange.

Xul Solar was one of the most talented argentine  artists and had a huge impact on the art world. He got  influences for his paintings from different art movements like Futurism, Surrealism and Expressionism and also from his travels and the individuals he encountered on his journeys.

In addition to all the pictorial works this great twentieth-century Argentine avant-garde left, Xul Solar also ventured into the field of invention, always with the intention of recreating and, above all, improving reality. Some of his original creations were the board game Panjuego and the languages Panlengua and Neocriollo. Also, he reinterpreted the tarot cards painting  them with  Neocriollo names.





Paisaje by Xul solar.



Visit the Museum Xul Solar 



The board game "panjuego " by Xul Solar.


 

 Complete the text about the Panjuego with the present simple:


The Panjuego, the board game where everybody wins! 

The Panjuego, etymologically ______(mean) the total game so that it is a game that ________( contain) everything in itself

 

The panjuego _______(use)  a board with different colored and engraved chess pieces. In this game the objective_______(be) is not the death of the enemy but the creation: by means of the movements of the pieces, you can create musical and poetic compositions or solve mathematical problems.

The pieces are marked with consonants (minus the pawns that are numbers) and the squares of the board with vowels. In this way, each movement of the board_______( produce) different words.

Each piece of the game in turn ________(represent) a planet, thus, each position _______(refer) to possible ephemeris or avatars in history.

The panjuego chess by Xul _______(have) 13 x 13 squares (and not 8 x 8 like the conventional one) that _______(represent) the stars and constellations. Instead of 16 pieces, each player ______(have) 30, one of which they can use both interchangeably.

The game _______(begin) with the empty board and the pieces are not eaten, but are caught and become their own.

But what we like most about him is that no one______( lose) and everyone_____( win):

definitely the game we all want to play!


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Answers 

The Panjuego, the board game where everybody wins! 

The Panjuego, etymologically means the total game so that it is a game that contains everything in itself.

 

The Panajuego uses  a board with different colored and engraved chess pieces. In this game the objective is not the death of the enemy but the creation: by means of the movements of the pieces, you can create musical and poetic compositions or solve mathematical problems.

The pieces are marked with consonants (minus the pawns that are numbers) and the squares of the board with vowels. In this way, each movement of the board produces different words.

Each piece of the game in turn represents a planet, thus, each position refers to possible ephemeris or avatars in history.

The Panjuego chess by Xul has 13 x 13 squares (and not 8 x 8 like the conventional one) that represent the stars and constellations. Instead of 16 pieces, each player has 30, one of which they can use both interchangeably.

The game begins with the empty board and the pieces are not eaten, but are caught and become their own.

But what we like most about him is that no one loses and everyone wins:

definitely the game we all want to play!



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