Rembrandt Laughing: A Self-Portrait Worth Millions

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Rembrandt self portrait
The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff, and valued it at just $3,100. But the British
buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing. Experts have confirmed "Rembrandt
Laughing" - bought for a bargain price of $4.5 million at an English auction house in October - is a self-portrait by the Dutch
master himself, depicted with his head tilted back in easygoing laughter. 
William Noortman from Noortman Master Paintings, specializing in Dutch and Flemish masters, said it's worth $30 million to
$40 million, adding: "I'm very surprised it didn't make more at auction." 
The 9 1/2-inch-by-6 1/2-inch painting will hang in the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam through June 29, on loan from
the anonymous Briton who bought it at the auction by Moore, Allen and Innocent in Gloucestershire and had it cleaned and
examined by British experts. 
Art expert Jan Six from another auction house, Sotheby's, declined to put a new value on the painting. But he said the sale
itself was a rare opportunity, as Rembrandt's works come on the market only once every few years. "A self-portrait by
Rembrandt, that's absolutely unique ¿ not in my lifetime," Six said. 
Rembrandt made the self-portrait about 1628, when he was in his early 20s and still in his hometown, Leiden. Already he was
earning his reputation as an artist, and experimenting with a mirror and his own face to capture expressions. 
 Why did the first auction house give the painting such a low value?
Prezado (a) Aluno(a),
Você fará agora seu TESTE DE CONHECIMENTO! Lembre-se que este exercício é opcional, mas não valerá ponto para sua
avaliação. O mesmo será composto de questões de múltipla escolha.
Após responde cada questão, você terá acesso ao gabarito comentado e/ou à explicação da mesma. Aproveite para se
familiarizar com este modelo de questões que será usado na sua AV e AVS.
1.
They thought it was a fake.
Because Rembrandt was very young when he painted it.
They wanted the sale to be anonymous.
They thought it was only worth that much.
They forgot to add a "0" to the number.
Explicação:
They thought it was a fake = The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff,
and valued it at just $3,100.
knockoff = a copy that sells for less than the original; broadly : a copy or imitation of someone or
something popular.
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Fictional texts are stories, so will have all the features of imaginative writing. The piece of text could be taken from a novel or
short story. A key feature of these texts is:
Complete the paragraph below by choosing the option that correctly fills the empty spaces: An (1)_____ paragraph is a form
of writing where a person tries to convince another person to agree with them. It is a type of persuasive paragraph. A sample
of argumentative paragraphs would include all your reasons for believing something. You would list your reasons and try to get
the reader to agree with what you believe. An argumentative paragraph is typically written on something you(2) _____ or
believe in. You include the topic as well your (3)_____ and explanations for your reasons in your paragraph.
► Choose the option which best completes the following definition about Reading:
''Let´s consider that each reader owns knowledge and previous experiences which are employed to build new meanings when
reading new texts. As a consequence, we can infer that when a group of people read a text, this reading may convey _____".
2.
setting of the story (where it takes place) will be made clear early on in the passage
layout might include headlines, subheadings, pictures
present a point of view about the topic
present information and ideas about a topic
the main idea is introduced early on in the passage and then developed in subsequent paragraphs
Explicação:
Fictional texts in general have some elements of the story, such as: setting, time, characters, narrator and plot.
3.
(1)personally support, (2)argumentative, (3) reasons
(1)argumentative, (2)reasons, (3)personally support
(1)argumentative, (2)personally support, (3) reasons
(1)reasons, (2)personally support, (3)argumentative
(1)adjectives, (2)personally support, (3)argumentative
Explicação:
Argumentative texts depart from the assumption that the receiver¿s beliefs must be changed.
They often start with the negation of a statement which attributes a quality or characteristic
activity to something or someone (esp. scholarly texts). They also include advertising texts,
which try to persuade/convince their readers that a product is somehow better, at least
implicitly, than others.
Gabarito
Coment.
4.
international codes
unusual interpretations
strange codes
different interpretations
similar interpretations
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READ the following situation:
"Carolina is a very good reader. As she is always interested in a varied number of different
subjects, we can say she is a better reader than others because she..."
► Choose the right option to complete the situation above.
De acordo com o texto, assinale a alternativa que indica a razão do funeral de Jim Davis ter sido diferente dos outros: FAKE
FUNERAL SCAM It was quite a send-off for Jim Davis, or so the people paying his funeral bills were led to believe. They were
told Davis was laid to rest at Abbey Memorial Park in Compton after being placed in an ornate, top-of-the-line casket lined with
elaborate floral arrangements. Altogether, the bill to bury Davis at the palm-lined cemetery came to nearly $31,000. But there
was a problem: There was no Jim Davis. He was dreamed up by a group of scam artists, authorities say. And prosecutors say
the coffin that was lowered into the ground was made out of cheap plywood or cardboard, filled with either rocks or animal
bones, apparently to convince those who handled it that there was a body inside.
Explicação:
Different readers face differently the same text, because when they read, they interact with the text based on particular
perspectives.
5.
... owns knowledge and a lot of previous experiences.
she memorized a list of synonyms
always carries a dictionary with her
she knows many language grammar rules
she has a very beautiful voice when she reads texts
Explicação:
Previous knowledge - The process of comprehension of a text also depends on the experiences the reader had had before in
life. These experiences will influence the way the reader sees the world and how much of these experiences he is going to use
while developing his expectations towards what he is going to read.
6.
d. He was buried alive
a. Jim Davis was a fictitious person
e. Jim was buried naked
c. He had a top-of-the-line casket
b. It cost nearly $31,000
Explicação:
But there was a problem: There was no Jim Davis. He was dreamed up by a group of scam artists, authorities say. And
prosecutors say the coffin that was lowered into the ground was made out of cheap plywood or cardboard, filled with either
rocks or animal bones, apparently to convince those who handled it that there was a body inside.
Gabarito
Coment.
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Thinking about the process envolved when we describe a landscape we can affirm that the main intellectual faculty used is the
following: (Pensando sobre o processo que é desenvolvido quando produzimos a descrição de uma paisagem, podemos dizer
que a principal habilidade mental trabalhada é a seguinte:)
LEIA A PASSAGEM PARA RESPONDER À QUESTÃO:
Charlotte returned as a teacher from 1835 to1838. In 1839 she took up the first of many positions as governess to various
families in Yorkshire, a career she pursued until 1841. In 1842 she and Emily traveled to Brussels to enroll in a pensionnat run
by Constantin Heger ( 1809-1896) and his wife Claire Zoé Parent Heger (1804-1890)
 Marque a alternativa que analisa corretamente o tipo de relação entre idéias estabelecido no parágrafo acima. 
7.
c. Memory and imagination.
d. Observation.
b. Reason.
a. Memory.
e. Brains.
Explicação:
Descriptive texts are concerned with the location of persons and things in space. They will tell us what
lies to the right or left, in the background or foreground, or they will provide background information
which, perhaps, sets the stage for narration. It is immaterial whether a description is more technical-
objective or more impressionistic subjective.
8.
Apresentação de argumentos
Apresentação em ordem de importância
Relação de fatos e eventos
Relação de causa e efeito
Apresentação em ordem cronológica
Explicação:
Chronological order definition, the arrangement of things following one after another in time.
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