Read the descriptions of the paintings. Underline the -ing forms and decide if they are used as nouns, adjectives or verbs.

The Scream
The Scream painting by Edvard Munch is one of the most
well-known pieces of artwork in history, appealing to a
wide audience even today. There are actually four different
original versions of The Scream that Edvard Munch created
using different art mediums including oil paints, tempera,
and pastels.
In The Scream’s timeless image there is a genderless
person with a pale face, standing beside a railing with an
expansive view of a chaotic environment. What is so
gripping about the image is that the person is screaming,
their mouth hung wide open with their hands on the sides
of their face, and you can see that scream reflected and
continuing on into the distance of the intensely bloody
red, orange, deep blue, and black colored background. (É)



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Sleep
Dali’s “Sleep” of 1937 deals with a Freudian
theme of the world of dreams that has
fascinated the Surrealists. This painting is
an attempt to duplicate the dream world
into canvas.
The most important figure is the huge
sleeping head supported by the crutches. It is
the most significant part of the message that
deals with the subconscious (of the head) and
its dreams.
Emphasis is put visually on the sleeping head
by magnifying it to a gigantic size, positioning
it in the center, and coloring it in light
yellowish colors contrasted with the light
blue sky.


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Mona Lisa
(...) The Mona Lisa is the earliest Italian
portrait to focus so closely on the sitter in a
half-length portrait. The painting is
generous enough in its dimensions to
include the arms and hands without them
touching the frame. (...) The figure is
shown in half-length, from the head to the
waist, sitting in a chair whose arm is
resting on balusters. She is resting her left
arm on the arm of the chair, which is
placed in front of a loggia, suggested by the
parapet behind her and the two
fragmentary columns framing the figure
and forming a “window” looking out over
the landscape. (...)

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