Unit 1 Art

Brain Storm What is art? Can you list some forms of art? Boys Girls

art painting architecture photography music opera [ ɔ pərə] 歌剧 seal cutting 篆刻 …… dance sculpture literature paper cut

craft 技艺, 手艺 handcraft n. 手工艺 design 设计 ; 花样 ; 图案 drawing 图画, masterpiece 杰作 ; 名著 painting 画, 油漆, 绘画 sculpture 雕刻, 雕塑, 雕刻品 work 工艺品, 著作, 作品

Can you name some famous paintings and painters both at home and abroad? Boys Girls Brain Storm

Xu Beihong 徐悲鸿 Famous painters of our country!

Qi Baishi 齐白石 Shrimp and water lily or lotus

郑板桥

Zhang Daqian

By Guan Shanyue （关山月）

calligraphy acknowledge distinctive virtually inseparable medicinal pictograph longevity mandarin literary spirituality n. 书法 v. 承认 a. 有区别的；有特色的 ad. 实际上，事实上 a. 分不开的 adj. 药物的 n. 象形文字 n. 长寿；寿命 n. 官吏 a. 文学 ( 上 ) 的 n. 灵性, 神圣

What are the characteristics of the Chinese paintings?

It is often about nature, such as mountain, water, bird-and-flower, etc. It has an air of living in nature, harmony ( 和谐 ) and peace. Chinese painting:

The subjects in Chinese paintings like pine trees, bamboos or mountains are symbols that carry both the surface meanings and additional hidden meanings that can be uncovered. It is the stuff of both civilization and spirituality

How much do you know about the Chinese art? landscape _______ figure drawing ________ water color ______ oil painting ________ handicraft _______ carvings ________ murals _______ pottery __________ sketch______ imitating________ charcoal drawing______ life drawing ________ folk paper cutting ________ Wash drawing ___________ 风景画 水彩画 手工艺 壁画陶艺 素描 写生 速写 临摹 人物画 油画 民间剪纸 雕刻 水墨画

A short history of western painting

1. What’s the main idea of the text? _____________________ has ____________ a lot with time going by. 2. How many styles of Western painting are mentioned in the text? What are they? Four. They are: Fast reading The style of Western art The Middle Ages The Renaissance ImpressionismModern art changed

TimePeriod AD5th---15thThe Middle Ages 15th---16thThe Renaissance Late 19th---early 20thImpressionism Modern art 20th ---today

Scanning: Part One An Introduction to the History of Western Painting What influences art? The customs and faith of a people. Why can’t the text describe all the styles of western art? Because there are too many different styles.

1. Art is influenced by the customs and faith of a people. faith n. 信任, 信仰 I kept faith with him. 我信守了对他的诺言。 He who loses faith, loses all. 失去信心的人，失去所有。 相信，信任 Have faith in/ have belief in

2. Consequently 他睡过头了，结果迟到了。 He overslept. _____________ he was late. It rained heavily that day and __________ the baseball game was called off. 句型转换 : As a result of her mother’s illness, she left school. Her mother became ill; ____________ she left school. Consequently consequently

Careful reading Read the second paragraph together and fill in the chart.

Period 1 Middle Ages Time Characteristics of the paintings ___________themes Full of ________________ Artist G Para. 2 5th-15th century religious religious symbols Giotto di Bondone

乔托 · 迪 · 邦多纳 犹大之吻 The kiss of Judas

religion Which is more realistic? Can you find out the religious symbols? A. 6th century B. 13th century

Read the part carefully and fill in the blanks: In the ______ of the Middle Ages, a ____________ artist showed much _______ in showing respect and love for God ______ ___ showing nature and people as they really were. And paintings from this period are _____ with religious _______. _______, things had begun to change by the 13th century when some painters, ____ _______ Giotto di Bondone _______ religious scenes in a more realistic style of _______ period interest instead of filled symbols However for example created painting conventional

3. During the Middle Age, the main aim of painters was to represent religious themes. n. 目标，目的 (purpose) 你生活的目的是什么 ? What is your aim in life? 他在生活中没有目标。 He has ______ in life. adj. aimless 无目的，无目标的 no aim

aim at aim v. ( 常与 at 连用 ) 瞄准，对准；努力， 力争 He aimed to swim a mile. 他的目标是游一英里。 这些措施旨在削减政府的开支。 These measures ______ reducing government expenditure. 猎人将枪瞄准了狮子。 The hunter aimed his gun at the lion. This is a plan aimed at… are aimed at

4. A conventional artist of this period was not interested in showing nature… conventional weapons a conventional design conventional opinions The chairman made a few conventional remarks. 主席说了几句客套话。 It was evident that ideas were changing … It was obvious that … 常规武器 传统图案 旧观念

5 th C AD 15 th 16 th 19 th 20 th The Middle Ages The Renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci ( ) Period 2 : the Renaissance Mona Lisa

Period: Time: Artist: Feature: ◆ _________ themes ◆ New technique: p________ ◆ New ___ paints Read Para 3 & 4 and find the key information. realistic erspective oil the Renaissance 15th to 16th century AD Masaccio

Masaccio( ), the first great painter of the Italian Renaissance, whose innovations( 创 新 ) in the use of scientific perspective began the modern era in painting.

Masaccio 的作品： Madonna with Child and Angels 王座上的圣母圣子和四天使 Crucifixion 耶稣钉刑图

Raffaello Sanzio ( ) 拉斐尔 The School of Athens It is a fresco or mural

Painters then __________ how to draw things ___ __________. And Masaccio was ___ ____ __ use perspective in his paintings. When his paintings ____ ____ _____, people ____ ________ _____ their reality. ____ the rules of perspective not been discovered, people wouldn’t have been able to paint such _______ pictures. And oil paints’ ___________ made colors look ______ ___ _______. Fill in the blanks. realistic richer and deeper discovered in perspective the first to were first seen were convinced of Had development

5. …new ideas and values gradually replaced those held in the Middle Ages 6. People began to concentrate less on religious themes and adopt a more humanistic attitude to life. 采纳意见；采用新技术 adopt an idea/a new technique. We should adopt the consumers’ suggestion.

他们没有亲生儿女，就收养了一个孤儿。 Having no children of their own, they adopted an orphan. adopt a child 收为养子 adopt v. 采用，收养，接受

7. They paid famous artists to paint pictures of themselves, their houses and possessions as well as their activities and achievements. possession n. 拥有，占有财产 ( 常用复数 ) possess v. 拥有 possessor n. 拥有者 他有两辆汽车。 He possesses two cars. 拥有某物 Sb. have/take possession of sth. Sb.be in possession of sth Sth. be in the possession of sb.

8. When people first saw his paintings they were convinced that they were looking through a hole in the wall at a real scene. look …at Through a hole in the wall 方式状语 当人们第一次看到他的画时，还以为是透 过墙上的小洞来观察真实的场景，并对此 深信不疑。

[ 考例 ] Scientists are convinced _____ the possible effect of laughter _____ physical and mental health. ( 江西 2007) A. of; at B. by; in C. of; on D. on; at C

convince vt. 使确信；使信服，说服 I was convinced ______ he knew the truth. I couldn’t convince him ___ his mistake. The doctor convinced me ___ stop smoking. The more he said, the less ___________ he was. Sb be convinced that/of adj. convincing 有说服力的 that of to convincing convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事 convince sb. of sth. 使某人相信某事 in perspective, by coincidence

5 th C AD 15 th 16 th 19 th 20 th The Middle Ages The Renaissance Impressionism Time: Feature: Late 19th to early 20th century paint outdoors, Paint quickly because natural light changes quickly not detailed

莫瑞桥 -- 阿尔弗莱德 · 西斯莱 赛艇 -- 局斯塔夫 · 卡耶博特 蓬图瓦兹. 埃尔米塔日的坡地 -- 卡米耶 · 毕沙罗 Let’s appreciate some paintings of that times

梵高《向日葵》 a sunflower

Sunrise by Monet Claude in the 19th century

Impressionism In the late 19th century, Europe changed ____________ from a mostly __________ society to a mostly ________ one. The impressionists broke away from the _________ style and painted _______. Their paintings were not as ________ as earlier paintings. a great deal traditional outdoors detailed agricultural industrial

9. In the late 19 th, Europe changed a great deal, from a mostly agricultural society to a mostly industrial one. a great deal, a good deal 用作 n./adv. 大量的； …… 得多 ( 跟在比较级后 ) She is a great deal better today. a great/good deal of 为形容词，只接不 可数名词 She has a great deal of experience.

昨天晚上他吃了很多。 ___________________________________ 他跑得比我快得多。 _______________________________ 那个项目花费了大量金钱。 _______________________________ the project. He ate a great deal for supper yesterday. He ran a great deal faster than me. A great deal of money was spent on

10. mostly largely, mainly ad. 几乎全部地，主要地 参加会议的人大多是公司的领导和工程师。 People present at the meeting were mostly leaders and engineers of the company. Most of the people present at …

most pron. adj. adv This is the most I can do for you. Peter made the most mistakes of all the class What interested you most ? ( 最 ) Most students say that it is a most interesting book, but it isn’t the most interesting they have read, and that they read such books mostly on weekends.

As the sun set, the became longer. Under the floodlight, each player in the football match has four. Let’s find some and take a rest. shadow shadows shade shadow n. 影子 shade n. 任何遮住阳光的地方, 阴凉处 11. shadow, shade The sun shone through the leaves, casting/throwing shadows on the lawn. the Shadow Cabinet 影子内阁 ( 政府首脑挑选的 ) 顾问团, 智囊团

5 th C AD 15 th 16 th 19 th 20 th The Middle Ages The Renaissance Impressionism Modern Art

Read the last paragraph carefully and then summarize the style of modern art. Para 6

On the one hand----___________ Concentrate on ______________ of the object Use color, line and ______ … On the other hand----__________ Look like ____________ The Style of Modern Art certain qualities shape abstract realistic photographs

戴帽的自画像 -- 塞尚作 被称为 ” 现代艺术的起源 ”

Picasso 《亚维农的少女》 三个乐师

12. There are scores of modern art styles, scores of 很多 a score=20 1) 那件事我已经听过很多遍。 I have heard that ________________. 2 ）很多人参加那个特殊的演出。 ___________________ attended the special performance. scores of 前不能加数词； scores of times. Scores of people

3 ）有 20 人参加了聚会。 ______________ were present at the party. 4 ）那些人中有 40 人想乘飞机去那儿。 _____________________ wanted to fly there. A score of people Two score of those people

13. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter does not attempt to paint objects as we see them with our eyes, but instead concentrates on certain qualities of the object, using colour, line and shape to represent them. That is = that is to say 也就是说 [ 翻译 ] 有些现代艺术是抽象的, 也就是说, 画家并 不打算把我们眼睛看到的东西如实地画出来, 而 是集中展现物体的某些品质特性, 用色彩、线条 和形状把它们呈现出来。

attempt 1.The speaker attempted to attract /at attracting the attention of the Audience but in vain. 2.What is the difference between a murder and an attempted murder? 3.He failed to set a new record, but it was a good attempt. 4.They made no attempt to escape / at escaping. 尝试, 企图

Please match the paintings with the right styles. A.The Middle Ages B. Renaissance C. Impressionism D. Modern Art B C DA

1. Which of the following statements is true? A. Paintings in Middle Ages were very realistic. B. Western art has changed a lot since the 5 th century. C. Impressionist paintings were painted mainly indoors. D. Modern art began in the Renaissance. Choose the correct answers. B

2. In the Renaissance, painters ___. A.painted religious scenes in a more realistic style B. focused more on religion than on humans C. began to paint outdoors D. returned to classical Roman and Greek ideas about art D

3. ____ discovered how to make paintings look more real by using perspective. A. Giotto di Bondone. B. Masaccio. C. Claude Monet. D. Pablo Picasso B

4. According to the text, art is influenced less likely by ____. A. social changes B. the way of life C. agriculture D. beliefs of people C

5. When did people focus more on people and less on religion? A. From 5th to 15th century AD. B. From 15th to 16th century. C. From late 19th to early 20th century. D. From 20th century to today. B

6. Most people hate the impressionists’ style of painting at first because their paintings are _____. A. very abstract B. very realistic C. the same as traditional style of painting D. very ridiculous D

1. Western art has changed very little over the last seventeen centuries. 2. Paintings in the Middle Ages did not use perspective. F T True or false ?

3. Impressionists painted landscapes. 4. You cannot recognize any object in abstract modern art. 5. In the Renaissance most artists painted indoors. 6. Abstract art is still an art style today. T T T F