Unit One Art

art

artists

works/ masterpieces

forms

musicliteraturefilm buildingssculpturespaintingabstract / realistic/

impressionism

gallery

• oil painting• water color• landscape• cartoon• figure drawing• sketch

油画水彩画风景画卡通人物画素描

kinds of painting

ColorthemeLine shapedetailrealisticabstractreligiousconventiona

ltraditionalnaturemodern

Xu BeihongXu Beihong

Zhang Zhang DaqianDaqian

Qi BaishiQi Baishi

Match the works with Match the works with the painterthe painter

Monet

Leonardo Da Vinci

Van Gogh

Picasso

match the paintings match the paintings and and

the paintersthe painters

Rembrant

• 阅读训练上的文章（ passage 3)

Italian, Renaissance.

Characteristic of his painting:

_________use of light,

___________of the human body and its ________feature

________understanding of how the human face registers emotion

Leoardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

expert

awarwness detailed

keen

Claude Monet French

School of painting: impressionismCharacteristic of painting:__________________small brush strokes_______________ordinary subject matter___________visual angle added to his style

was composed offocused onusual

Rembrandt DutchCharacteristic of painting:1) __________ using a brown background to cause h

is paintings emerge from dark to light2)__________ maintained a balance between paintin

g tonally, with light and shade and painting in colour.

excelled at

masterfully

Pablo Picasso Spanish

School of paintingcubismCharacteristic of paintingattempt to represent all facets of an object on the same plane

Vincent Van Gogh Dutch

School of paintingpost-impressionismCharacteristic of paintinghad a deep passion for art itselfpainted with emotion and intensity

1. artist, school of painting

2. How you appreciate the painting how it makes you feel what the artist is emphasizing artistic elements distance, colors, light, lines what purpose the art is fulfilling

★What will be most likely introduced in the text?

Some famous Chinese artists Different periods of Western painting Some famous Western artists Features( 特点） of the Western painting All the styles of Western art What influenced the Western art

Time period

AD5th----15th The Middle Ages15th----16th The Renaissance

Late 19th----early 20th

Impressionism

Modern art20th ----today

Ages:

Time:

Artist:

Characteristics:

Middle Ages

5th to 15th century AD

Giotto di Bondone

religious themes,

many religious symbols

Created a feeling of

respect and love for God.

Ages:

Time:

Artist:

Characteristics:

Ages: the Renaissance

Time: 15th to 16th ce

ntury

Artist: Masaccio

realistic themes,

humanistic

perspective （透视）

Ages:

Time:

Artist:

Characteristics:

Ages: Impressionism

Time: Late 19th to

early 20th

Artist: not mentioned

Characteristics:

painted outdoors,

not detailed

Ages: Time:

Artist: Characteristics:

Ages: Modern ArtTime: 20th century to

todayArtist: not mentionedCharacteristics:Abstract (that is)not concentrates on

certain qualities of the object very realistic: look like photographs

Who can predict what painting stylesthere will be in the future?

A. The writer thinks there will be no other style of painting in the future.B. The writer seems to laugh at the painting in the future.C. The writer believes there will be much more styles of painting in the future.D. In the future, the styles of painting will be interesting.

What does the sentence refer to ?

The writer pictures the western paintings in the four periods in order to______

A. Western painting is the essential part of western civilization.

B. Western painting is the common language among western countries.

C. Western painting is the picture of western life.

D. Western painting is the beauty in itself.

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A. The Middle Ages B. The renaissance

C. impressionism D. modern times

1. the period when religion dominated the society

2. the period when humanism dominated the society

3. the period when agriculture dominated the society

4. The period when industry began to dominate the society

5. the period when Gitto di Bondeon lived

6. the period when Massaccio lived

7. the period when the art is/was the most abstract

Are these statements true or false? Tick the correct ones and correct the mistakes.

1.Western art has changed very little over the last seventeen centuries.

2.Painters in the Middle Ages painted mainly religious subjects.

3.Paintings in the Middle Ages were very realistic.

4.Renaissance painters tried to paint things in a realistic way.

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√

many times

full of religious symbols

5.Two important discoveries in the Renaissance period were oil paints and drawing in perspective.

6.Impressionists painted their pictures mainly indoors.

7.At first most people liked the impressionists’ paintings.

8.Modern art began with the impressionists.

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didn’t like

√

outdoors

Tell which period the following pictures belong to.And why.

Impressionism

The Middle Ages

The Renaissance

The Renaissance

Impressionism

Modern art

1.Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is a speaking picture.

画是无言的诗 , 诗是有声的画。

2. Good painting is like good cooking; it can be tasted, but not explained

好的画犹如佳肴，可以品其美味，却无法解释。