Meeting the Muse
Starting out
1 Which artist is the video about? Which of his works are mentioned?
2 What inspired the artist?
1 The video is about Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci.
Mona Lisa and many drawings and notes of his ideas for his inventions including a parachute, a form of helicopter and a strange flying machine with flapping wings.
2 The natural world, such as birds and their mysterious power of flight.
Look at the pictures and read the quotes.
What do you know about these people?
Richard Wagner was a world-famous German composer;
Mo Yan is the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature;
Auguste Rodin was a world-famous French sculptor;
Pablo Picasso was a world-famous Spanish painter.
Richard Wagner(1813—1883) was a German composer best known for his operas. Wagner began learning the piano when he was very young, and was soon able to write musical compositions. Wagner`s music is renowned for its complex nature, its harmonies and the way in which individual characters, places, ideas or plot elements in his operas are associated with musical themes.
Imagination creates reality.
Richard Wagner
Mo Yan was born in Gaomi, Shandong Province. He is a novelist and short story writer. He is well –known for his imaginative and humanistic fiction. In 2011, Mo Yan received the Mao Dun Literature Prize. In 2012, Mo Yan became the first Chinese writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. His writing often uses older Chinese Literature and popular oral traditions as a starting point, combining these with contemporary social issues.
If we want to be struck by inspiration, we must go deep into our lives.
Mo Yan
Mo Yan`s works
Auguste Rodin,(1840,--1917), was a French artist, whose work had a great influence on modern art. His most original sculptures are of the human body. They show realism and celebrate characteristics of the individual. Rodin`s first original human sculpture was inspired by a visit to Italy in 1875. Later he explored his personal style and gained his reputation as a sculptor at the age of 40. Today, Rodin remains one of the few sculptors widely known worldwide.
I invent nothing, I rediscover.
Auguste Rodin
Auguste Rodin`s works
巴尔扎克
加莱义民
地狱之门
丑之美
Pablo Picasso?(1881—1973) was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Born in Spain, Picasso`s artistic talent was evident from a very early age. His works are often categorised into periods, for example the Blue Period and the Rose Period. Among his most famous paintings are the cubist, Les Demoiselles d` Avignon, and Guernica. Picaso`s later works often combined elements of his earlier styles.
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
Pablo Picasso
格尔尼卡
Pablo Picasso`s works
埃斯塔克的房子
亚维农少女
瓶子、玻璃杯和小提琴
Discuss and share
What is your understanding of the words “imagination”, “inspiration” and “rediscover”? How do they help your understanding of the quotes?
Their inspiration and imagination all come from their lives and experiences.
Our life is the source of art. When you discover something ,it`s life. While you rediscover something , it`s art!
Thank you!