Answer — Exercise 8
1 - In the picture·Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book
Question
Listen again. Answer the questions.
Answer
- Leiden (in Holland)
- Yes (widely admired and reasonably successful)
- The paintings were intended to be hung together, suggesting that the letter in the first painting was intended for the woman in the second.
- At first the paintings seem calm, but there are various signs of passion and chaos beneath the surface.
- They show that he is well travelled and quite wealthy.
- They have hidden meanings. The landscape shows the man is a man of the world, while the stormy sea is a symbol of the difficult nature of love.