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GĔĆđ #2, SęėĆęĊČĞ #1 HĎČčĊė OėĉĊė TčĎēĐĎēČ SĐĎđđĘ (HOTS)
Department: ELA
Course: AP English Literature
Assignment Instructions: Once you have completed this activity, please participate in the Not My Best Side Discus‐
sion.
Prompt:
Describe in detail what is happening in Paulo Uccello's Saint
George and the Dragon. The look at the painting closely and based on
your knowledge of myth and legend, what are some initial inference
you can draw concerning the ϐigures depicted in the painting? In other
words, what are some of the characteristics you assume each character
embodies? Please explain what you think Uccello's is trying to convey
to his audience? Once you have ϐinished, go to the discussion board and
read the poem by U.A. Fanthorpe titled, "Not My Best Side"... Don't read
the poem before you write down your initial impressions. =)
Saint George and the Dragon (c. 1470), showing Uccello's Gothic inϐluences. Public Domain, retrieved from:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paolo_Uccello_047b.jpg
Click the image below to review a student example.