Who Was Leonardo da Vinci 达·芬奇 MICHELANGELO

MICHELANGELO’S FULL NAME WAS MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI. HE WAS BORN IN CAPRESE, ITALY, IN 1475. HE HAD A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL CAREER. BUT HE DIDN’T CONSIDER PAINTING HIS TRUE CALLING. HE THOUGHT OF HIMSELF AS A SCULPTOR¹ FIRST. HE LOVED WORKING IN BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN MARBLE. BESIDES HIS FAMOUS STATUE, DAVID, IN FLORENCE, ANOTHER OF HIS GREAT WORKS IS ONE OF MARY HOLDING THE BODY OF JESUS. IT IS CALLED THE PIETà AND WAS COMPLETED WHEN HE WAS ONLY TWENTY-THREE. THE PIETà IS FILLED WITH A SAD TENDERNESS, BUT MICHELANGELO IS MAINLY KNOWN FOR CREATING STRONG, MUSCULAR FIGURES.

FOR A SCULPTOR, HOWEVER, HE IS MOST FAMOUS FOR PAINTING THE ENTIRE CEILING OF A CHAPEL² FOR THE POPE IN ROME: THE CEILING OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL. IT TOOK HIM FOUR YEARS, WORKING ON A SCAFFOLD SIXTY FEET IN THE AIR. THE FRESCO³ COVERS THE STORIES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT⁴ STARTING WITH THE CREATION OF THE WORLD.

1 sculptor   

n.雕刻家，雕刻家

参考例句：

• A sculptor forms her material.雕塑家把材料塑造成雕塑品。
• The sculptor rounded the clay into a sphere.那位雕塑家把黏土做成了一个球状。

2 chapel   

n.小教堂，殡仪馆

参考例句：

• The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
• She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午，她在小教堂的演出，可以说是登峰造极。

3 fresco   

n.壁画；vt.作壁画于

参考例句：

• This huge fresco is extremely clear and just like nature itself.It is very harmonious.这一巨幅壁画，清晰有致且又浑然天成，十分和谐。
• So it is quite necessary to study the influence of visual thinking over fresco.因此，研究视觉思维对壁画的影响和作用是十分必要的。

4 testament   

n.遗嘱；证明

参考例句：

• This is his last will and testament.这是他的遗愿和遗嘱。
• It is a testament to the power of political mythology.这说明，编造政治神话可以产生多大的威力。