FrenchPaintingsFieldTripWorksheetName:___________________________________Lookatthefollowingpaintings:

CEZANNE,Paul:MontSainte-Victoire

Lookingatthepicture,whatdoyouthink“mont”means?_______________________

IPAtheword“mont”:

Whyisthe“o”notpronounced[ɔ]?

LAURENCIN,Marie:TêtedeFille

“Fille”isthewordforgirl.IPA“fille”:

InFrance,ifonehadaheadache,(s)hewouldsay,“J’aimalàlatête!”

Whatdoes“tête”(inthetitleofthiswork)mean?______________

WhatIPAsymbolwouldyouuseforthe“ê”?______________Why?

COCTEAU,JeanMatarasso

Thisworkhaswordswithinit.ChoosetwoandIPAthem.

MATISSE,Henri:MadamedePompadour

“De”istheFrenchwordfor“of.”IPAit:

Ifan“s”wereadded,makingtheword“des,”howwouldtheIPAchange?

DAUMIER,Honoré:LesbonsBourgeois

Thepainter’sfirstnameendswithé(accentaigu).HowdoyouIPAthis

name?

Ifitendedwithanaccentgrave(è),howwouldyouIPAit?

Ifitdidnothaveanaccent,howwouldyouIPAit?

LesBaigneurs

Whatdoyouthinkthetitlemeansbasedonthepicture?________________________

(Hint:TheFrenchwordfor“bath”is“bain.”)

“Eurs”isacommonmasculinewordending.Thefeminineformis“euse.”

IPAbothsuffixes.(Hint:“euse”wasanexception!)

DEGAS,Edgar:MaîtredeDanse

Degasismostfamousforhispicturesofdancers.“Maître”isthemaster.The

“i”hasanaccentcircumflex.Doesthisaffectthepronunciationoftheword?

IPAthetitleofthiswork.

DOISNEAU,Robert:LePetitBalcon

Thetitleofthisworkisacognate.Whatdoesitmean?

“Petit”isthemasculineform.Howwouldthepronunciationchangeifthe

wordwas“Petite,”thefeminineform?

LaBaiserduTrottoir

ThisisDoisneau’smostfamouswork.Basedonthepainting,whatdoyou

think“baiser”means?IPAtheword.

Whatisthedifferenceinpronunciationbetween“o”and“au”inFrench?

Knowingthis,howwouldyouIPA“Trottoir”?

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DePauw University MUSEUM,

various paintings for FRENCH DICTION

CEZANNE, Paul Mont St. Victoire

LAURENCIN, Marie Tête de Fille

COCTEAU, Jean Matarasso?

MATISSE, Henri Madame de Pompadour

COROT, Jean Baptiste Camille Environs of Rome

DAUMIER, Honore Les bons Bourgeois

MANET, Edoard Eva Gonzales

DEGAS, Edgar Mâitre de Danse

DAUMIER, Honore Les Baigneurs

DUFY, Raoul La belle Enfant