The Persistence of Memory

"La persistencia de la memoria"
Spanish A1 writing exercise

Soft clocks melt across a barren landscape in Dalí's surreal masterpiece.

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "painting", "clock", "landscape", "arid", "sky", "work", "surrealism" and "The Museum of Modern Art".

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This painting is very strange and surreal. There are soft clocks on a solitary landscape. The clocks have melted and are large. One clock is on a white surface. Another clock is near a brown tree. The landscape is arid and small. The sky is blue and orange. The painting is famous in the art world. Salvador Dalí is a very creative painter. His works are important for surrealism. The Museum of Modern Art keeps this special painting in the city of New York.

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