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The Amer ican Character Leonard Da Vinci
Leonard da Vinci was a painter, a sculptor, anarchitect, a musician, an
engineer, and a scientist.He was a man of many talents, a Renaissance man1in the
true sense of the word.
Leonard was born at a small town near Florence,where he was apprenticed to2
a painter. But he soonsurpassed his masters in uniting precision of linewith
rhythm of movement, and in finding new ways to show light and shade.
Although Leonard is generally known as a painter, his actual output was
very small. In facttoday only about twelve paintings are looked upon as3 having
been done by him. This isbecause his diverse interest, his far-ranging curiosity
in nature and his endless scientificexperiments and designings. To understand
the man one has therefore , to read the 5, 000notebooks in which he put down his
observations in life and his sketch4 drawings.
Nevertheless, Leonard had profound understandings of art, which exerted5
great influenceamong the painters of his own generation and generations to
follow. In painting he stressed theexpression of emotional states, which , to
him were, the heart of painting:
"A good painter has two chief objects — to paint man and the intention of
his soul. The formeris easy, the latter hard, for it must be expressed by
gestures and the movement of the limbs. .. A painting will only be wonderful for
the beholder by making that which is not so raised anddetached from the
wall."
His major works: Last Supper, many European art masters have painted on the
same subject.But none of their versions has been as impressive as da Vinci's.
And none has the enduringvalue in the art world as his.
Mona Lisa, if Last Supper is the most famous of religious pictures, then
Mona Lisa probably isthe world's most famous portrait. Mona Lisa had as its
model wife of a banker. The quietlyfolded hands, the gaze that is directed at
the observer, the ambiguity of the“smile”togetherhelp to create a curious effect
and a secret effect.
阅读自测
Ⅰ. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words :
Leonard da Vinci is first known as a________ , and he is also a________ ,
an________ , a________ , an________ , and a ________ . The amount of da Vinci's
paintings is very small.There are only about________ paintings. For da Vinci, a
good painter has two chief objects —to paint ________ and the ________ of his
soul. In his famous work Mona Lisa , thequietly________ hands, the________ that
is directed at the observer, the ambiguity of the"________ " together help to
create a curious effect and a secret effect.
Ⅱ. Question :
What are da Vinci's famous paintings?
参考答案:
Ⅰ. painter / sculptor / architect / musician /engineer / scientist / 12 /
man / intention / folded /gaze / smile
Ⅱ. Last Supper and Mona Lisa . |
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发表于 2016-12-4 13:30:12