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Unit 4
Meeting the muse
Starting out
Watch the video and answer the questions
1. Which artist is the video about Which of his works are mentioned
2. What inspired the artist
1 The video is about Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci.
Mona Lisa and many drawings and notes of his ideas for his inventions including a parachute, a form of helicopter and a strange flying machine with flapping wings.
2 The natural world, such as birds and their mysterious power of flight.
Look at the pictures and read the quotes.
What do you know about these people
Richard Wagner was a world-famous German composer;
Mo Yan is the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature;
Auguste Rodin was a world-famous French sculptor;
Pablo Picasso was a world-famous Spanish painter.
Richard Wagner(1813—1883) was a German composer best known for his operas. Wagner began learning the piano when he was very young, and was soon able to write musical compositions. Wagner`s music is renowned for its complex nature, its harmonies and the way in which individual characters, places, ideas or plot elements in his operas are associated with musical themes.
Imagination creates reality.
Richard Wagner
Mo Yan was born in Gaomi, Shandong Province. He is a novelist and short story writer. He is well –known for his imaginative and humanistic fiction. In 2011, Mo Yan received the Mao Dun Literature Prize. In 2012, Mo Yan became the first Chinese writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. His writing often uses older Chinese Literature and popular oral traditions as a starting point, combining these with contemporary social issues.
If we want to be struck by inspiration, we must go deep into our lives.
Mo Yan
Auguste Rodin,(1840,--1917), was a French artist, whose work had a great influence on modern art. His most original sculptures are of the human body. They show realism and celebrate characteristics of the individual. Rodin`s first original human sculpture was inspired by a visit to Italy in 1875. Later he explored his personal style and gained his reputation as a sculptor at the age of 40. Today, Rodin remains one of the few sculptors widely known worldwide.
I invent nothing, I rediscover.
Auguste Rodin
Pablo Picasso (1881—1973) was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Born in Spain, Picasso`s artistic talent was evident from a very early age. His works are often categorised into periods, for example the Blue Period and the Rose Period. Among his most famous paintings are the cubist, Les Demoiselles d` Avignon, and Guernica. Picaso`s later works often combined elements of his earlier styles.
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
Pablo Picasso
Discuss and share
What is your understanding of the words “imagination”, “inspiration” and “rediscover” How do they help your understanding of the quotes
Their inspiration and imagination all come from their lives and experiences.
Our life is the source of art. When you discover something ,it`s life. While you rediscover something , it`s art!
Pre-reading
Tick what you think are the most important sources of inspiration for artists.
□ childhood □ family and friends
□ books and films □ other artists
□ history □ travel
□ nature □ social issues
□ private feelings □ culture and traditions
□ imagination
Fast reading
What inspires him
Tan Dun gets inspiration from Chinese musical traditions and Western influences.
Yang Liping gets inspiration from her life in Xishuangbanna, the peacock, and the dance
style of the Dai people.
Hofman gets inspiration from his children’s toys, Chinese folk tales, Wuzhen and the way people lived there.
Choose where you would most likely find the passage and give your reasons.
1) An art magazine.
2) An artist biography.
3) An online art forum.
4) A poster for an art festival.
Intensive reading
A magazine is a large thin book with a paper cover that contains news stories, articles, photographs, etc,and is sold weekly or monthly.
A biography is a book concerning someone’s life,written by someone else.
A forum is focused on many people’s discussion ordebate on a certain issue.
A poster is a large printed notice, picture, or photograph, used to advertise something or as a decoration.
Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.
Intensive reading
Artists and their inspiration
Florentijn Hofman
Well-known works:
Rubber Duck
1. _______________
Sources of inspiration:
his children’s toys
2. __________________
3. __________________________________
Wuzhen and the way people lived there
Chinese folk tales
Floating Fish
Artists and their inspiration
Tan Dun
Well-known works:
4. _____________________________________________________
_________________________________________
5. _________________
Sources of inspiration:
6. ___________________________
Western influences
composing music for the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Nine Songs
Chinese musical traditions
Artists and their inspiration
Yang Liping
Well-known work:
7. __________________
Sources of inspiration:
her life in Xishuangbanna
8. ___________
9. ___________________________
Spirit of the Peacock
the peacock
the dance style of the Dai people
“During the walk and my stay here in the town, I saw the fish being fed by people. …”
“There is no territory in the world of music.”
“I feel very grateful for the years in Xishuangbanna, …”
Now work in pairs. Read the quotes from the passage and answer the questions.
1. Can you use reported speech to rewrite the quotes
During the walk and his stay there in the town, he had seen the fish being fed by people. ...
There was no territory in the world of music in Tan Dun’s eyes.
She felt very grateful for the years in Xishuangbanna, ...
2. Why do you think the author chose to use quotes instead of reported speech in the passage
The author chose to use quotes in the passage to tell readers how the three artists get their inspiration or muses for their artworks, and by adding these quotes, the passage appears more believable and more convincing.
Think and share
1. What does the three artists’ inspiration have in common
2. What do you think is the “universal expression” of the human spirit
3. What might inspire you to create an artwork
4. What difficulties have you encountered in understanding this passage
1. For the three artists, their inspiration all comes from their lives and experiences.
2. By saying “universal expression”, Tan Dun means Chinese music should carry not only the Chinese human spirit but also that of the whole world. In that way, Chinese music can have international recognition.
3 & 4. Various answers are possible.
Language points
agree with
be struck by
go deep into
find out more about
behind the successes of…
visual artist
on display
turn to
pass down
set…in motion
同意某的观点或者某人所说的
被…袭击
深入
进一步了解
成功背后的
视觉艺术家
在展出,在展览
相力于;转向
传承,传递
使……开始
Phrases
There is no territory in the world most
be most widely known for
so as to
be recognized by
be known as
feel grateful for
represent the beauty of nature
give sb inspiration
aim to do
bring out
……的世界没有边界。
因…而最广为人知
以便;以致(表目的)
得到…的认可
作为…而出名,被誉为……
因…感激
展现自然之美
给某人灵感
旨在做某事
使显现,使表现出
Important sentences
1. Hofman’s inspiration for Floating Fish came from Chinese folk tales passed down through the generations.
霍夫曼表示,“浮鱼”的灵感源自世代相传的中国民间故事。
2. During the walk and my stay here in the town, I saw the fish being fed by people.
“我住在镇上期间,当我散步的时候,看到人们在喂鱼。
see sb / sth doing sth
“看见……正在做某事(或某事正在被做)”
3. Since his first opera, Nine Songs, Tan Dun has been using a combination of Chinese music and sounds from all over the world to tell stories.
从他的第一部歌剧《九歌》开始,谭盾一直在用中国音乐和来自世界各地的乐音讲述故事。
现在完成进行时
4. As Tan once said, Chinese music should carry “universal expression” of the human spirit so as to be recognised by the whole world.
so as to 通常不用于句首,意思相当于 in order to 或to,构成不定式结构表示目的。
他曾说过,中国音乐要承载人文精神的“共同理念”,才能被世界认可。
I feel very grateful for the years in Xishuangbanna.
我很感激在西双版纳的那些年
feel / be grateful (to sb) for sth,意为“因……感激(某人)
6. My dance comes from their traditional belief and aims to bring out the Dai women’s beauty.
我的舞蹈源自他们的传统信仰,同时也致力于展现傣族女性的美。
What might inspire you to create an artwork Write your inspiration and share it with your classmates.
Homework