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17 Great Artists

An artist is someone who uses one or several mediums of expression to convey
emotion, through or aesthic perspective. This must be a conscious effort on the part of
the person for them to call themselves or be called an ‘artist’. Visual art, dance,

music/singing, writing are the general categories in which art fall.
Descriptions of few such people are given below. Identify and write their names.

1 2 3

He was the first poet of the He is an Indian composer, He was a famous painter of his
world to write in ordinary singer, song writer and time who drew ‘Monalisa’. He
language of the people. He music producer. Among his was one of the first few people
was the author of one of the awards are six National Film in the world to dissect human
world’s greatest poems — Awards, two Academy body to find out how the
‘The Divine Comedy’. awards, two Grammy muscles and bones worked.
___________________________ Awards, a BAFTA Award, a ___________________________
Golden Globe, fifteen
4 Filmfare awards. He has 5

been awarded the Padma
Bhushan, the third highest
civilian award.
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Clue Corner

a) Arthur Conan Doyle
He was the first English writer b) Dante Alighieri He was born in Edinburg,
to receive Nobel Prize for c) Leonardo-da Vinci Scotland in 1859. He was a
Literature in 1907. He is the qualified doctor who became
d) A R Rahman
author of many novels, stories a full time author. He created
e) Rudyard Kipling
and poems. He wrote the the famous detective Sherlock
famous ‘Jungle Book’ in 1894. Holmes.
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