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From the Ted Talk by Milton Glaser: Using design to make ideas new

Unscramble the Blue Letters


baesd on a work by Piero, in this case that remarkable painting that's in the Uffizi, "The Duke of meterfontlo," who faces his consort, Battista. Once I realized that I could take some liberties with the subject, I did the following series of drawings. That's the real Piero della Francesca — one of the greatest portraits in human history. And these, I'll just show these without comment. It's just a seires of variations on the head of the Duke of Montefeltro, who's a great, great figure in the rsanisnecae, and probably the bsias for Machiavelli's "The Prince." He apparently lost an eye in bltate, which is why he is always shown in plriofe. And this is Battista.

Open Cloze


_____ on a work by Piero, in this case that remarkable painting that's in the Uffizi, "The Duke of ___________," who faces his consort, Battista. Once I realized that I could take some liberties with the subject, I did the following series of drawings. That's the real Piero della Francesca — one of the greatest portraits in human history. And these, I'll just show these without comment. It's just a ______ of variations on the head of the Duke of Montefeltro, who's a great, great figure in the ___________, and probably the _____ for Machiavelli's "The Prince." He apparently lost an eye in ______, which is why he is always shown in _______. And this is Battista.

Solution


  1. series
  2. montefeltro
  3. based
  4. renaissance
  5. battle
  6. basis
  7. profile

Original Text


based on a work by Piero, in this case that remarkable painting that's in the Uffizi, "The Duke of Montefeltro," who faces his consort, Battista. Once I realized that I could take some liberties with the subject, I did the following series of drawings. That's the real Piero della Francesca — one of the greatest portraits in human history. And these, I'll just show these without comment. It's just a series of variations on the head of the Duke of Montefeltro, who's a great, great figure in the Renaissance, and probably the basis for Machiavelli's "The Prince." He apparently lost an eye in battle, which is why he is always shown in profile. And this is Battista.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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piero della 3
della francesca 3

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piero della francesca 3

Important Words


  1. apparently
  2. based
  3. basis
  4. battista
  5. battle
  6. case
  7. comment
  8. consort
  9. della
  10. drawings
  11. duke
  12. eye
  13. faces
  14. figure
  15. francesca
  16. great
  17. greatest
  18. head
  19. history
  20. human
  21. liberties
  22. lost
  23. montefeltro
  24. painting
  25. piero
  26. portraits
  27. prince
  28. profile
  29. real
  30. realized
  31. remarkable
  32. renaissance
  33. series
  34. show
  35. shown
  36. subject
  37. uffizi
  38. variations
  39. work