lesson 1 a matter of taste lesson 1 a matter of taste by xiu xiaohong

Lesson 1

A Matter of Taste

Lesson 1

A Matter of Taste

By Xiu xiaohong

knitting

painting paper cut calligraphy

china

Which kind of Chinese art do you like?

Lead in

Look at the three Chinese paintings.

Do you know the names and the painters

of the paintings?

Cabbage

Who drew these pictures?

Racing Horse

Match the paintings with the names andthe painters.

painters

Chen Yifei

Xu Beihong

Qi Baishi

paintings

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2

3

names

Racing Horse

Cabbage

Poppy

Read the text, please

Then answer the questions.

Task 1

1. Who is famous for drawing

pretty women?

Chen Yifei.

He is famous for his soft portra

its of beautiful women.

Qi Baishi

He draw simple pictures from

everyday life, such as vegetable,

flowers, birds and insects.

2. Who is more good at drawing

simple pictures we often see in

our life.

4. Who held exhibitions abroad

to advance Chinese art?

Xu Beihong.

3. Why did Chen Yifei use black

as the background of Poppy.To emphasize the woman even

more.

Racing horse

5. What is Xu Beihong’s master

piece?

Task 2

What characters do these

pictures have?

The moving hair on the horse’s

mane and tail shows a horse

running at high speed. Using

different shades of grey shows

the sweat along the horse’s

body. The painting of dark and

light colors is a favorite of

many art lovers.

To emphasis the woman

even more, Chen adds

lots of detail to her

dress and fan, and

choose to paint the

background black.

Leaves the audience

guessing and makes

them use their

imagination.

appreciate their works

Qi Baishi

Correct errors

1.Chen Yifei’s works is very valu

able, and one of his paintings so

ld at US$ 503,000.

2.The end of the novel leaves read

ers guess and imagination.

for

guessing

3.Her hand hold the fan is elegantly

positioned above her knees.holding

4. He traveled cross the country

and painted many pictures.across

5.It’s back eyes, that are fixed on t

he cabbage, show the creature’s

interest in the cabbage.　

which

a∧

6.The painting of dark and light

color is favorite of many art

lovers.

Place of

exhibition

Dates of

exhibition

Name of artist

Read the texts and complete the notes.

Newman Gallery, in

Dinham

1July to 15 Sept

Xu Beihong, Qi Baish

i and Chen Yifei

Name of well-

known

paintings

Racing Horsing,

Cabbage and

Poppy

Subject of

paintings

Colors used

horsing galloping at high

speed; a tiny insect fixing

its eyes on the cabbage

nearby; a woman sitting

alone, deep in thought, her

hand holding the fan above

her knees.

black, grey, dark, light

Learn to describe the paintings!

How to describe a painting?（ sample）The painting was painted by

Qi Baishi who was one of

China’s greatest painters.

Across the painting, we can

see a dragonfly flying above

the river. Its eyes are fixed

on the lotus, showing its

interest in the lotus. I think

that this painting is vivid. 蜻蜓 : dragonfly荷花 : lotus

This painting was painted by…who…Across this painting, we can see…The front horse is …The painter drew in black ink to show …I think that/In my opinion/ I feel that…

This painting was painted by…who…Across this painting, we can see…It’s eyes…I think that/In my opinion/ I feel that…

This painting was painted by…who…In the painting, a beautiful young woman…She is…She is dressed in …A cat…I think that/In my opinion/ I feel that…

梳头发 :comb the hair

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Describe it to your classmates