Reading explorer5级精品教学课件Book 5_Unit 9.pptxVIP

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Answerswillvary.Answerswillvary.Possibilitiesinclude:Shakespeare,daVinci,Michelangelo,Einstein,Picasso,KurasawaAnswerswillvary.U9-p.183

U9A-p.184?Despiteover500yearsofchippingwallandflakingpaint,thebrillianceofLeonardodaVinci’smasterpieceTheLastSupperstillshinesthrough.

U9A-p.184BeforeYouReadA.Discussion.WhatdoyouknowaboutLeonardodaVinci?Discussyourideaswithapartner.Answerswillvary.Possibilitiesinclude:painteroftheMonaLisaandTheLastSupper,Michelangelo’srival,interestedinflying._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________B.Scan.Quicklyscanthereadingonpages185–190.WhichofLeonardodaVinci’sworksofartdoestheauthordiscuss?Notethembelow._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________MonaLisa,LadywithanErmine,VirginoftheRocks,TheLastSupper

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Accordingtolegend,intheyear1505neartheTuscantownofFiesole,agreatbirdrosefromMonteCeceri(SwanMountain)andtooktotheair.Nowitnesstestimonyremainsoftheevent.Butifanyonewaspresentonthathillside,themostlikelycandidateisLeonardodaVinci,amanwhoseambitionformanyyearshadbeentoflylikeabird.Some50yearslater,anacquaintance,GerolamoCardano,wrote,“LeonardodaVinci...attemptedtofly,butfailed.Hewasanexcellentpainter.”TocallLeonardoanexcellentpainterislikelabelingShakespeareacleverwordsmith.1Hewasatruegenius,recognizedinhisowntimeandidolizedinours.Hispaintingsareassecretandseductiveashimself,donewiththehandofanangel,theintellectofascientist,andthesoulofaromantic.Hisdrawingsareamongthemostbeautifulevermade;hismost