Friday, 10 October 2014

the tigers bride powerpoint

Task 1

Andrea Mantegna

- born in 1431 in Isola di Carturo, Italy, and died on 13th September 1506 Italy.
He was n artist, whom was a apprentice of Francesco Squarcione,
He has been linked with the aesthetic movement.


Giulio Romana

Born in 1499 in Rome, died on 1st November 1546 in Mantua
He was an Italian painter and architecture, and was the student of Raphael.
In the 16th century he travelled to France and he took the Italian way of painting.
The wedding of Cupid and Psyche


Benvenuto Cellini 

Born on the 3rd November 1500 in Florence, Died on 13th February 1571 in Florence.
He is an Italian, sculptor and solider

Task 2

Assuage; make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
Awry;away from the usual or expected course; amiss.
Axium; a self-evident truth that requires no proof.
Capisco (translate); Understand
Ciliate; a single-celled animal of a large and diverse phylum distinguished by the possession of cilia or ciliary structures.
Civet; a slender nocturnal carnivorous mammal with a barred and spotted coat and well-developed anal scent glands, native to Africa and Asia.
Desnuda (translate); Nude 
Excoriating; damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin).
Expostulating; express strong disapproval or disagreement.
Eyrie; a large nest of an eagle or other bird of prey, built high in a tree or on a cliff.
Gavotte; a medium-paced French dance, popular in the 18th century.
Gracile (of a hominid species) of slender build. (of a person) attractively slender or thin.
Megalomaniac; a person who has an obsessive desire for power.
Metaphysical; relating to metaphysics.
Minuet; a slow, stately ballroom dance for two in triple time, popular especially in the 18th century.
Molto agitato (translate) 
Nascent; (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.
Obsequiousness : marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness.
Ostler,a man employed to look after the horses of people staying at an inn.
Patina; a green or brown film on the surface of bronze or similar metals, produced by oxidation over a long period.
Preternatural; beyond what is normal or natural.
Profligate; recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources. 
Settecento; the 18th cent. as a period in Italian art and literature
Shagreen; sharkskin used as a decorative material or, due to its natural rough surface of pointed scales, as an abrasive.
Simian relating to or affecting apes or monkeys.
Simulacra; an image or representation of someone or something.
Soubrette, a minor female role in a comedy, typically that of a pert maidservant.
Spar; a thick, strong pole such as is used for a mast or yard on a ship.
Spurious, not being what it purports to be; false or fake.
Tantivy, a rapid gallop or ride.
Tintinnabulation, a ringing or tinkling sound.
Viscera; the internal organs in the main cavities of the body, especially those in the abdomen, e.g. the intestines.


Task 3

Question 1
The devil's picture books is a book on how to play cards.
Question 2
The language Carter uses when the narrator calls him 'milord' is a very sarcastic language as she does not consider him to e in charge of her.
Question 3
The white roes in this collection of stories symbolic of, the white being symbolic of purity and innocents, and the rose being use to symbolise humanity and romance. Its used more than once to show how to view something in different ways, highlighting how the fairy tales can be seen in different ways.
Question 4
the significance of using the verb 'Fleeced' is that is give an animal idea of a sheep.
Question 5
the fairy tale the 'gobbled up' comes from The Little Red Riding Hood, 

1 comment:

  1. Again Liz we must develop the length of your responses. Read this handout my students produced last year before attempting the questions again

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/3rrneolz6cqw9h3/The%20Tigers%20Bride%20handout%20for%20Amelia.docx?dl=0

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