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TOVÁBB Középszintű angol érettségi 2013. október - 3. olvasott szöveg értése feladat.
I'M THRILLED!
When the Duchess of Cambridge’s first official portrait was presented to the public yesterday, art critics were, unusually, largely united in their criticism. ‘Horrible ... rotten ... an out and out disaster,’ was the view of Robin Simon, (0) C .
Kate, who was on her first official outing for almost a month, was far more polite. ‘It’s just amazing. Absolutely brilliant,’ she told the artist, Paul Emsley, when she met him at the National Portrait Gallery, (1) . Her husband, Prince William, nodded wisely. ‘It’s beautiful, it’s absolutely beautiful,’ he agreed.
From others, however, the biggest criticism seemed to be the generally ageing nature of the portrait, (2) . Most seemed to think it makes the duchess, who turned 31 this week, look at least 15 years older. One visitor to the gallery yesterday couldn’t get over what they described as her ‘grey, smoker’s skin’, while another commented that her mouth appears to be set in a grimace, (3) .
To be fair, royal portraiture has always been a subjective issue. Rolf Harris, (4) , admitted that in the early stages he made the monarch look like a ‘pork butcher from Norwich’.
Yesterday Kate and her family spent around ten minutes looking at the picture and (5) , after which the media were allowed in.
Asked what the duchess thought of his work, Mr Emsley said yesterday: ‘I think, from what I can see this morning, she’s delighted with it. The fact (6) is difficult for me as an artist. It is much easier for an artist to paint a model as a real person (7) . Obviously, she has none of that. But I tried to do that with her smile (8) .’
The portrait, which has probably cost over £20,000, has been donated to the gallery by art philanthropist Sir Hugh Legatt.
(www.dailymail.co.uk)
Írd be a hiányzó szövegrészek betűjeleit!
I'M THRILLED!
When the Duchess of Cambridge’s first official portrait was presented to the public yesterday, art critics were, unusually, largely united in their criticism. ‘Horrible ... rotten ... an out and out disaster,’ was the view of Robin Simon, (0) C .
Kate, who was on her first official outing for almost a month, was far more polite. ‘It’s just amazing. Absolutely brilliant,’ she told the artist, Paul Emsley, when she met him at the National Portrait Gallery, (1) . Her husband, Prince William, nodded wisely. ‘It’s beautiful, it’s absolutely beautiful,’ he agreed.
From others, however, the biggest criticism seemed to be the generally ageing nature of the portrait, (2) . Most seemed to think it makes the duchess, who turned 31 this week, look at least 15 years older. One visitor to the gallery yesterday couldn’t get over what they described as her ‘grey, smoker’s skin’, while another commented that her mouth appears to be set in a grimace, (3) .
To be fair, royal portraiture has always been a subjective issue. Rolf Harris, (4) , admitted that in the early stages he made the monarch look like a ‘pork butcher from Norwich’.
Yesterday Kate and her family spent around ten minutes looking at the picture and (5) , after which the media were allowed in.
Asked what the duchess thought of his work, Mr Emsley said yesterday: ‘I think, from what I can see this morning, she’s delighted with it. The fact (6) is difficult for me as an artist. It is much easier for an artist to paint a model as a real person (7) . Obviously, she has none of that. But I tried to do that with her smile (8) .’
The portrait, which has probably cost over £20,000, has been donated to the gallery by art philanthropist Sir Hugh Legatt.
(www.dailymail.co.uk)
| A) | and not the promised enigmatic smile |
| B) | and hope I have succeeded |
| C) | who is the editor of the prestigious British Art Journal |
| D) | which took three and a half months to produce |
| E) | then attended a private breakfast reception |
| F) | where the picture will hang |
| G) | that she is a beautiful woman |
| H) | where the Duke and the Duchess live |
| I) | when they have lines and wrinkles on their face |
| K) | who was asked to paint the Queen in 2005 |