Question-Answers
B. Read these lines from the text given below and
answer the questions:
1. To
Michelangelo’s delight, he gained admission to this school.
(a) Which school is being
referred to here?
Answer: School for sculptors is
being referred to here.
(b) Why was it important for
Michelangelo to gain admission to it?
Answer: It was important
for Michelangelo to gain admission to it because he did not wish to remain a
painter. But his secret desire was to work on stone.
(c) What was Michelangelo learning before
this?
Answer: Michelangelo was learning painting before this.
2. “I had told them I would fail. I had warned them!”
(a) Who said these words to whom?
Answer: Michelangelo said these words to the architect.
(b) When did the speaker say these words? What
had the speaker ‘warned them’ about?
Answer: The speaker said these words after he started
painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The speaker had ‘warned them’ about
that he was not good at painting.
C. Answer
these questions.
1. Describe
Michelangelo’s first sculpture. How did it affect the people who saw it?
Answer: Michelangelo’s first piece of sculpture was on marble. He
depicted Mary mourning over the limp body of Jesus Christ, after he had been crucified.
Mary’s face, youthful and filled with pain, moved people’s hearts, as they saw
this work of genius almost come alive before their eyes.
2. Was
Michelangelo’s decision to sculpt on the cracked block of marble a wrong one?
Give reason for your answer.
Answer: No, Michelangelo’s decision to sculpt on the cracked block
of marble was not a wrong one. Michelangelo worked hard to sculpt the perfect
human figure of David battling Goliath. He even studied the human body closely
so that he could draw the muscles and nerves accurately. He created it with
such care and feeling that the statue of David left the people of Florence
speechless.
3. What were
the obstacles faced by Michelangelo while painting the ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel?
Answer: There were many obstacles faced by Michelangelo while
painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The first day, he mixed the colours
and carefully applied them, but to his horror the colours had not set. Then he
knew that to paint the whole ceiling, a great deal of strength and patience is
required. So he chose five assistants to help him. But none of them could match
his skill and he sent them away. It took him three years to paint half the
ceiling and the other half fourteen months. At the end, Michelangelo revealed
himself to be a painter of genius.
4. Pick
sentences from the text to show that Michelangelo was fonder of sculpting than
painting.
Answer: The sentences are- ‘…But Michelangelo did not wish to
remain a painter. His secret desire was to work on stone. He wanted to sculpt,
not paint.’, ‘To Michelangelo’s delight, he gained admission to the school for
sculptors’.
