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Cubism origin
Gap-fill exercise
Read the following text and complete each blank with one word.
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Very (1 )_______
____________ people know the real inspiration for cubism, the most important art movement of the 20th century. Almost ( 2 ) _______
_______ seems to believe that cubism was created by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, who were ( 3 ) __________
_________ painters. However, ( 4 ) _________
______can be further from the truth. In the late 19th century another French painter, Paul Cezanne, painted a( 5 ) ___________
__________ of landscapes, ( 6 ) ______
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of which greatly influenced Braque and Picasso. ( 7 )________
________ of these two painters ever tried to hide this fact. Yet, in the past, almost( 8 ) _________
_________ book about cubism tended to concentrate only on Picasso’s and Braque's achievements, no making ( 9 ) __________
__________reference to Cezanne's influence. Over the years (1 0 )__________
_________authors have tried to correct this inaccuracy, but to (11)__________
_________ effect; most people know very(12 )
_________ about Cezanne himself, let alone his work. Nowadays, however,(13 )
________ can dispute (1 4 )__________
_________Cezanne's influence on early cubism or the importance of this art movement.
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