5 Comments
1] Ochre is used by almost every artist in history.
2] It has been used since the beginning of painting.
3] Ochre is also known as Iron Oxide.
4] There are big ochre mines in Luberon in Southern France.
5] Ochre was a popular trading item.
4 Questions
1] Who was Cennino Cennini?
2] What was so special about ochre?
3] Who where the Aboriginals?
4] Why was there a war about ochre that led to a massacre?
3 Vocabulary
1] Hematite: a very common mineral, iron oxide, Fe2O3, occurring in steel-gray to black crystals and in red earthy masses: the principal ore of iron.
2] uncannily: having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary.
3] Disconsolate: without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable.
2 Literary Terms
1] "..blind woman bursting through the earth.." - Metaphor.
2] "..t wasn't right to look under the blanket of secrets." - Metaphor.
1 Over view Sentence
Ochre was a very common trading item, although it is now rare to find.
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