2. Module 4 Fine Arts—Western, Chinese, and Pop Arts Reading

3. Art is long. 艺术永恒 Good painting is like good cooking: it can be tasted, but not explained. 好画犹如佳肴，只可意会，不可言传。

4. Why do people like art ? Art makes people’s life rich and colorful.Art makes people’s life rich and colorful. Learning art can improve people’s sense of beauty.Learning art can improve people’s sense of beauty. Learning art can raise people’s IQ.Learning art can raise people’s IQ.

5. What’s your impression of artists? Artists often have long hair.Artists often have long hair. Most artists look a bit strange.Most artists look a bit strange. Artists have good observing ability.Artists have good observing ability. Artists have rich imagination.Artists have rich imagination.

6. Chinese painting

7. watercolor

8. landscape

9. cartoon

10. oil painting

11. drawing

12. portrait

13. mural

14. 1 Picasso and another painter, George Braque, started _____. 2 Cubist artists painted objects and people, with different ______of the object or person showing at the same time. 3 Pop art( ___________________) was an important modern__________ ＿ that aimed to show ordinary twentieth-century city life. 4 Pop art shows things such as ________ _______________. Cubism aspects from the word “popular” art movement soup cans and advertisements

15. 1913 Pablo Picasso (Cubism)

16. Campbell Soup Series II 1968 Old Fashion (Pop art)

17. 1921 Pablo Picasso (Cubism)

18. Guernica by Picasso in 1937.It showed his feelings about what happened to the town.

19. drawn by Roy Lichtenstein In the car (Pop art)

20. Chinese painting is known for its ____________ in _______ and __________. brush drawings black inks natural colors

21. The painting showed that shrimps were swimming in the water and they looked very ______.A lively B freely C happily D dull ( 无趣的, 呆滞的 ) It was painted by_________. QiBaishi

22. Qi Baishi (1863-1957), one of China’s greatest painters, followed the traditional Chinese style of painting.

23. Artist: Name: Xu Beihong A Five running horses B Five lovely horses C Six running horses D Six crazy horses

24. 成名作；田横五百士 Xu Beihong(1895-1953) was one of China’s best–known twentieth-century artists. He believed that artists should show reality, but not just imitate it. He is famous for his lively paintings of horses.

25. Language points: 1.This is a painting by Picasso, considered to be the greatest western artist. =This is a painting by Picasso, who was considered to be the greatest western artist. consider vt 考虑 consider doing 认为 consider sb/sth (to be) adj/n 认为 consider sb/sth (to be) adj/n consider sb/sth to do consider sb/sth to do consider sb/sth to have done consider sb/sth to have done consider sb/sth as adj/n consider sb/sth as adj/n consider that consider that

26. 我们认为浪费是有罪的。 我们认为浪费是有罪的。 她被认为是一个聪明的女人。 她被认为是一个聪明的女人。 他被认为发明了电话。 他被认为发明了电话。 我认为他说的有道理。 我认为他说的有道理。 we consider waste to be criminal. She is considered (to be) an intelligent woman. He was considered to have invented the telephone. I consider what he said as reasonable. I consider that what he said is reasonable.

27. a world famous example of pop arta world famous example of pop art world famous------world-famous world famous------world-famous This is a good example of Shelley's lyric poetry. This dictionary has many examples of how words are used. copy the example of 学习... 的榜样 follow the example of 学习... 的榜样 give a good example to sb 给... 树立 ( 好 ) 榜样 set an example to sb 给... 树立 ( 好 ) 榜样

28. I can get tired of looking at pictures all the time. I can get tired of looking at pictures all the time. all the time : 一直all the time : 一直 Conditions are changing all the time. Conditions are changing all the time. all the way 自始至终, 一路上all the way 自始至终, 一路上 They are talking and laughing all the way. They are talking and laughing all the way. I will back you up all the way. I will back you up all the way. 区别 be/get/become tired of =be bored with be/get tired from/with

29. can’t standcan’t stand a golden-haired girla golden-haired girl are fond of sth/doing sthare fond of sth/doing sth develop an interest in artdevelop an interest in art I can tell by the style.I can tell by the style. tell by =know by =judge by/from 由 … 判断 Don ’ t tell a person by his appearance. Don ’ t tell a person by his appearance. In England ， it's easy to tell a person's class by his speech ． In England ， it's easy to tell a person's class by his speech ．

30. Grammar 1: 1.V + doing admit, allow, avoid, consider, enjoy, escape, finish, mind, miss, dislike, delay, mean, imagine, permit, practice, risk, suggest, understand admit, allow, avoid, consider, enjoy, escape, finish, mind, miss, dislike, delay, mean, imagine, permit, practice, risk, suggest, understand feel like, can’t help, put off, give up, feel like, can’t help, put off, give up, insist on, be used to, look forward to insist on, be used to, look forward to lead to, devote oneself to, be busy, lead to, devote oneself to, be busy, be afraid of, be successful in be afraid of, be successful in

31. 2.V + to do afford, agree, attempt, decide, dare, expect, fail, choose, hope, learn, long, manage, mean, offer, plan, pretend, promise, refuse, try, want, wish... afford, agree, attempt, decide, dare, expect, fail, choose, hope, learn, long, manage, mean, offer, plan, pretend, promise, refuse, try, want, wish...

32. Roy Lichtenstein Qi Baishi 1 What styles of art do they belong to ? 2 Which picture do you like best / least? Why? 3 What do you think the artists want to express? Pablo Picasso Useful expressions: 1 I think…is… 2 I really like/appreciate… 3 But I’m crazy about… 4 But I can’t stand （忍受 )… 5 I dislike… 6 The girl looks…