The world of colours and light Unit 3 The world of colours and light Reading Visiting the Masters

Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it! 艺术远没有生活重要，但是没有艺术, 生活是多么乏味呀！ Teaching aims: To help the students learn some masters’ life stories and their famous paintings. To help the students to learn how to read a travelogue. To improve students’ ability to cooperate with others. To arouse students’ interest in art.

Read the e-mail quickly and answer these questions. 1.Which countries has Li Ming visited on his trip? Spain, France, Netherlands. 2. How many days did they spend in Pairs? 4 days. 3.What did Monet love to paint when he was older? Water lilies.

Read the e-mail again, then answer. 1. What did Li Ming think about Malaga? 2. What is cubism? He thinks Malaga is a lovely city and that the architecture there is beautiful. Cubism is a type of art which often uses acute angles and where the world is represented as being.

3. What did Li Ming do in Pairs? 4. What is the most valuable painting in the world? 5. What did da Vinci do besides painting? He went to the Louvre Museum and the Musee d’Orsay. Mona Lisa. He designed many new inventions, including a primitive from of a helicopter and tank.

6. In which museum can you see Monet’s work? 7. What was the sad thing about van Gogh? 8. In which city did Li Ming see Rembrandt’s paintings? The Musee d’Orsay. He received little reward for his effort. Only one painting had been sold before he died. In Amsterdam.

Another museum Amsterdam The Van Gogh Museum Paris The Louvre Museum The Musee d’Orsay Picasso’s house Malaga

Name: Pablo Picasso Birthplace:_______________________ Nationality:______________________ Dates of birth and death: 1881-1973 Number of his art works: ___________ His profession:______________ Characteristic of cubism he created:_________________________ _____________________________________ the city of Málaga, Spain Spanish over 20,000 painter, sculptor and photographer a type of art where things are represented as geometric shapes.

A Weeping Woman

Self-portrait

Name: Leonardo da Vinci Nationality:___________ Dates of birth and death: 1452-1519 His masterpiece:_________________ His profession:__________________ _______________________________ The place where the painting is kept:________________________ Italian Mona Lisa a painter, a sculptor, an architect, an engineer and a scientist the Louvre Museum, Paris

The Madonna of the Rocks

Mona Lisa

The Last Supper

Name:_________________ Nationality:_____________ Dates of birth and death: __________ The place where some of his paintings are kept: the Musee d’Orsay, Paris The favourite things in his painting:________________________ Claude Monet French 1840-1926 lotus flowers

water Lilies Lotus flowers floated on the surface of a pond

Name: Vincent van Gogh Nationality:_____________________ Dates of birth and death:1853-1890 Number of his art works: ________ _____________________________ His masterpieces:________________ ________________________________ His early painting style:____________ Towards the end of his life, he created ___________________ The place where some of his paintings are kept:___________________ Dutch about 800 oil paintings and 1,600 drawings The Potato Eaters, Starry Night ,Sunflowers Impressionism more abstract artwork the Van Gogh Museum

Starry Night

Sunflowers

A Village

Self-Portrait

the museum in Amsterdam Name: Rembrandt Nationality:______________________ Dates of birth and death:_________ His masterpiece:________________ The place where some of his paintings are kept:_________________ Dutch 1606-1669 The Night Watch the museum in Amsterdam

The Night Watchman

Scan the article again and look for the specific information asked in Part C2. Then complete the following table with the correct information about these artists.

Years of birth and death Artist Nationality Years of birth and death Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 Claude Monet Van Gogh 1853-1890 Spanish Italian French 1840-1926 Dutch Rembrandt Dutch Dutch 1606-1669 1606-1669

Artist Famous painting Year of painting Pablo Picasso Guernica 1937 Leonardo da Vinci Claude Monet Van Gogh Mona Lisa 1503-1506 Impression, Sunrise 1872 The potato eaters starry night 1885 1889 The night watchman Rembrandt 1642

New words Match the new words in Part D with the correct definitions. Answers: 1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____ 6. _____ 7. _____ b d f a g c e

oil painting consensus was off to Read the life story of Pablo Picasso in Part E. Complete it with the given words. oil painting consensus was off to reward agents acute

Answers: 1) ___________ 2) ___________ 3) ___________ 4) ___________ 5) ___________ 6) ___________ acute oil painting was off to agents reward consensus

Work in groups Work in small groups. Introduce each artist mentioned in the article to other group members. You can search more information about these artists after class.

Discussion 1. Is there an art museum in your city or town? If there is one, have you visited it? If you have, what did you think of the art there?

2. Do you think we need art museums? Why or why not? 3. Do you think art is important? Why or why not?

Homework Go to the school library to search more information about the famous and painters and their works we have read about. Find the important words/expression in your eyes and try to understand it by yourself.