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