Is there anything more that can be said about Michelangelo? Universally _____21_____ as one of the dominant masters of art for all time, he achieved fame and wealth in his
lifetime, and his genius is apparent in every _____22_____ he worked, and with every tool he
used: chisel, brush, draftsman’s pen, and chalks.
Michelangelo’s achievements seem unimaginable because of his forgoing the
traditional paths of artistic training.
More than 500 years after his unique _____23_____ burst forth on a stunned world, the
David, the Moses, or the astonishing frescos of the Sistine Chapel is but a hint of his full legacy.
With his life twice as long as most of his _____24_____ , his career spanned the glories of
Renaissance Florence, the discovery of the New World, both the Reformation and
the first stirrings of the Counter-Reformation, and the pontificate of 13 Popes.
With all of this before us, it is no wonder _____25_____ Michelangelo – with only the exceptions of Shakespeare, Rembrandt, and Beethoven – has inspired more scholarly and
popular attention to produce an ever-expanding portrait blended by truth and
legend. 【題組】21. (A) mistaken (B) convinced (C) recognized (D) forecasted