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Lesson 1
A Matter of Taste
Lesson 1
A Matter of Taste
By Xiu xiaohong
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knitting
painting paper cut calligraphy
china
Which kind of Chinese art do you like?
Lead in
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Look at the three Chinese paintings.
Do you know the names and the painters
of the paintings?
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Cabbage
Who drew these pictures?
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Racing Horse
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Match the paintings with the names andthe painters.
painters
Chen Yifei
Xu Beihong
Qi Baishi
paintings
1
2
3
names
Racing Horse
Cabbage
Poppy
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Read the text, please
Then answer the questions.
Task 1
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1. Who is famous for drawing
pretty women?
Chen Yifei.
He is famous for his soft portra
its of beautiful women.
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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.
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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.
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Racing horse
5. What is Xu Beihong’s master
piece?
Task 2
What characters do these
pictures have?
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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.
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To emphasis the woman
even more, Chen adds
lots of detail to her
dress and fan, and
choose to paint the
background black.
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Leaves the audience
guessing and makes
them use their
imagination.
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appreciate their works
Qi Baishi
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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
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3.Her hand hold the fan is elegantly
positioned above her knees.holding
4. He traveled cross the country
and painted many pictures.across
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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.
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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
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Name of well-
known
paintings
Racing Horsing,
Cabbage and
Poppy
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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
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Learn to describe the paintings!
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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
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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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