Read the text again and fill in the table with brief notes from the article. 1 What makes the picture special? 2 Background

1 What makes the picture special? - The fact it shows ordinary, everyday people/ life.

2 Background information - The artist was 25 when he painted it; he wanted to prove his optical theory.

3 What you can see in the picture? - People enjoying their time off in a local park.

4 Manner/ Technique used by the artist. - It is painted in dots.

5 The artist’s focus. - His focus is on landscape and shapes, not on personalities.

6 Associations (sounds, smells, etc.) - Silence.

7 Contrast - With real life, where everything is disordered.

8 Comparison with other forms of art. - With poetry, where there is always some order and elegance.

9 Overall impression. - Peace.

10 Interpretation. - The artist has “stopped\" the world and he shows his beautiful, sunlit and silent world, which we don’t want to leave.