Guillaume Apollinaire

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/guillaume-apollinaire

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Guillaume Apollinaire born?August 26, 1880
2. Where was Guillaume Apollinaire born?Rome, Italy
3. When did Guillaume Apollinaire die?November 9, 1918, due to the Spanish flu pandemic
4. What is the career?Poet, playwright, novelist, art critic, journalist
5. What is the major work?Calligrammes (poems in the shape of images), 'Les Mamelles de Tirésias' (play)

Avant-garde: New and experimental ideas and methods in art, music, or literature.
Cubism: An early 20th-century art movement characterized by the fragmentation of objects into geometric forms and multiple viewpoints.
Orphism: An abstract art movement, a derivative of Cubism, known for its use of bright colors and pure abstraction.
Surrealism: A cultural movement that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, exemplified by dreamlike imagery and unexpected juxtapositions.