Rebuilding the Paris Studios of Women Sculptors
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
Prune Nourry made a new 10-minute film.
- A2
The artist Prune Nourry made a new 10-minute documentary film.
- B1
The artist Prune Nourry, the director Vincent Lorca and the online platform Google Arts & Culture have made a 10-minute documentary film.
- B2
The artist Prune Nourry, the director Vincent Lorca and the online platform Google Arts & Culture have worked together on a 10-minute documentary film.
- C1
Art history long treated women mainly as models or muses rather than working artists.
- C2
For generations, the history of art preferred its women on the pedestal rather than behind the chisel, casting them as models or muses rather than working artists.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- sculptor
- an artist who makes shapes and figures out of stone, wood, clay or metal
- exhibition
- a public event where paintings, sculptures or other interesting objects are shown
- plaster
- a soft mixture of powder and water that becomes hard when it dries, used for making art or covering walls
- honour
- to show great respect for someone in public
- survive
- to continue to exist after a long time or a difficult situation
- workspace
- a room, desk or area where someone does their job
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by Google Arts & Culture. Read the original for the full report.