THE MYSTERIOUS PICTURE
UMA B.L REG. NO. 16514300017 GCTE, THYCAUD
Let’s have a look at some
famous paintings……..
MONA LISA - Leonardo Da
Vinci
DAMAYANTI - Raja Ravi
Varma
THE LAST SUPPER- LEONARDO DA VINCI
THE STARRY NIGHT
- VINCENT VAN GOGH
PIETA -
Michelangelo
THE HAUNTING MOON
- M.F Hussain
Have a close look at this picture…….
Isn’t the picture mysterious ??
Have you noticed……..
the head of an old man ?
a lady with a baby?
an old man ?
Today we are going to study a new lesson on the theme of art.
The name of the lesson is ‘The Mysterious Picture’ by Charles De Coster.
Charles De Coster (1827-1879)
• Father of Belgian Literature
• Born in Munich
• Major work : The Legend of Tyl Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak
‘The Mysterious Picture’ is an interesting story from Charles De Coster’s The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel.
It narrates an interesting episode from the life of an artist named Tyl.
MAIN CHARACTERS
• Tyl
• The Captain of the Guards
• The Archduke
• The Courtiers
CHARACTER OF TYL A painter from Flanders.
He looks like a skeleton.
He wore a cap with three bright
feathers on it.
CHARACTER OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARDS
Tall, well- built, red- haired man of about twenty five.
Was handsomely dressed in his gold- braided uniform.
COME, LET’S HAVE A LOOK AT THE
DIFFICULT WORDS………………….
Dismount – to get off a horse, bicycle or motor cycle
Loafer – a person
who wastes his time
instead of working
SCAFFOLDING QUESTIONS
Where do the events in the story take place ? Flanders
Mention the two central characters you identify at this point of the story.
TylThe Captain of the
Guards
FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY
Pick out the suffixed words from the first four paragraphs of the lesson.