A In your copy, go investigate. 1. What shapes can you see in the Sistine Chapel ceiling? 2. What do you notice in the painting? Make a list.


3. What colours are used in the painting? Are the colours mostly dark or light?


4. What are the people in the painting doing?


5. Which piece of work did Michelangelo sign? Did he sign any others? Why/Why not?


B In your copy, give your opinion.


1. What do you think the chapel would have been like without this painting?


2. What would the effect be if there were no windows in the room?


3. How did Michelangelo manage to paint the ceiling? Do you think it had any effect on his health? Why/Why not?


4. What do you think inspired Michelangelo’s works? 5. How do you feel when you look at the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling?


C Vocabulary


Create a list of instructions for colouring in this segment of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. For example: colour the sky blue, colour the rocks brown.


D Cross out the word that does not fit. 1. Michelangelo did was an artist who lived during the Renaissance. 2. His mother died when fell he was six. 3. He went to an art palace school in Florence, Italy. 4. Michelangelo expressed his cried feelings through poetry, art and sculptures. 5. His most famous dog painting was the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.


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Unit 7 | Artwork


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