162 Language Through Nature 



Lesson 105 



A PICTURE STUDY 



What is this worker called ? 



With what is he working ? 



What shows that this boy is strong? 



Tell what you think he is trying to make in the stone. 



How does he know just where and how to cut the stone? 



What tells you that this boy is being careful ? 



If you think he likes this work, tell why. 



Mention any fine statue that you have seen which was 

 made of stone. How does the sculptor work, and what does 

 he use for a guide ? 



This is a picture of a marble statue made by the great 

 sculptor, Michael Angelo. 



Lesson 106 

 MICHAEL ANGELO BUONARROTI 



OVER four hundred years ago, in a castle in a 

 beautiful, sunny land, was born one of the 

 greatest artists the world has known. The beauti- 

 ful land was Italy. The castle was the home of a 

 noble family named Buonarroti. The artist was a 

 son of this family, and he was born in March, 1475. 

 His father named him Michael Angelo. 



When the little boy was about a year old his 



