Lesson 4 Explore the World of Art
Rediscovering Art Through Science
You ____ have heard the expression, “There is more than meets the eye.”
It means ____ there is more to something than there appears to be at first.
____ can apply to art as well.
We ____ art by looking at its colors, shapes, shadows, as well as the overall beauty presented by the artist.
Sometimes, however, there is something more to the images in ____ of our eyes.
Science, which seems far removed from art, can be the key to seeing beyond what the naked eye can ____
Today, I would like ____ open your eyes and minds through the following paintings.
Art Is Never Finished
Look at the ____ of a woman on the next page.
What ____ your eye?
What draws most people’s ____ initially is not the woman but the beautiful white animal in the woman’s arms.
In 2014, this painting by Leonardo da ____ was analyzed by an engineer.
He used special equipment ____ look beneath the surface of the painting and discovered that it had different layers, like those of an onion.
____ careful examination of the layers, it was revealed that the original painting was just a normal portrait of a woman by herself.
Then in a second version, a ____ gray ermine appeared.
Finally in a third version—the one we know today—the ermine became ____ and its color changed to white.
Why did ____ Vinci add the ermine to this painting?
No one knows for sure. He might have done it to honor his ____
Maybe he just wanted to make the ____ look more special.
Whatever the reason, this shows us that even a great master like Leonardo da Vinci, who said, “Art is never ____ made revisions to his paintings over and over again.
A Hidden Painting Revealed
This next piece is by the great ____ van Gogh.
It ____ to be just an ordinary painting of a woman wearing a white cap.
But ____ to technology, another person was discovered on the other side of the canvas.
Who do you ____ that person was?
It was Vincent van Gogh himself that was hidden at the ____ of the painting.
In 2022, the National ____ of Scotland took an X-ray of this painting while preparing for an exhibition.
During this process, ____ hidden self-portrait of Van Gogh was discovered.
You may be aware that ____ Gogh’s fame came after his death.
In fact, he sold only one painting in ____ lifetime.
Being a poor artist, he often reused his canvases to save ____ turning them around and painting on the opposite side.
____ might also notice that Van Gogh’s left ear looks perfectly fine in this painting.
Since he cut off part ____ his ear when he was 35, we can infer that this is one of his early works.
It is possible that other hidden paintings ____ Van Gogh will be revealed to the world with the help of technology.
The Masterpiece as a Whole
Rembrandt’s The Night Watch, a huge painting that measures 3.795 meters by 4.535 meters, has had a troubled ____
It was damaged with a knife twice and sprayed with acid by people who ____ to destroy it.
Each time, experts miraculously restored the painting ____ its original state.
But did you know that this painting ____ much larger over three centuries ago?
In 1715, this monumental ____ was trimmed on all four sides to fit on a wall in Amsterdam’s town hall.
Since then, 60cm from the left side, 22cm from the top, 12cm from the bottom, and 7cm from the right side have been ____
However, art ____ can now see The Night Watch as Rembrandt originally intended.
It was artificial ____ (AI) that the museum used to recreate the missing pieces.
Instead of hiring human artists, ____ AI program was trained to learn Rembrandt’s painting style.
Once the AI program learned ____ paint like Rembrandt, it was shown a copy of the original painting before it was trimmed.
Then ____ reconstructed the missing pieces, which were hung around the painting.
For the first time in over three centuries, ____ Night Watch is complete again.
Thanks to science, this great ____ has been brought back to life for all to see.
공통영어2 동아 이병민 4과 본문 한줄 해석 Rediscovering Art Through Science