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Unit 3 The art of painting
Grammar and usage
Below is a blog entry about appreciating art in the
digital age.Find the sentences that use verb-ing or
verb-ed forms as predicatives and fill in the table
below.The first ones have been done for you.
Below is a blog entry about appreciating art in the
digital age.Find the sentences that use verb-ing or
verb-ed forms as predicatives and fill in the table
below.The first ones have been done for you.
As I wandered in the National Gallery,I was amazed to see all the paintings.
I wondered at the skill of the artists,their use of colour and how they played
with light and shade.I observed the brushwork they used to enhance their works.
I enjoyed the whole experience-to be able to bathe my senses in this palace of
human creativity.It was surprising then to see so many people viewing important
and precious artworks through their smartphones.It might sound shocking,but
they seemed more interested in taking photos and recording videos of artworks
than appreciating them with their own eyes.How was it possible,I wondered,to
truly appreciate the human touch of a great painting when it was reduced to a few
million pixels Looking at artworks through smartphones,I thought,was like trying
to appreciate the countryside without being able to hear the birds sing,feel the
breeze against my face or smell the flowers.Moving slowly through the National
Gallery,I was determined to keep my smartphone in my bag and appreciate each
individual painting with the best camera in the world:my own eyes.