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U7: Art
Lesson 1: Masterpieces
How to appreciate a painting
What do you feel about it
Whose painting is it
What’s the name of it
Racing Horse
By Xu Beihong
Shrimp
By Qi Baishi
Mona Lisa
By Leonardo da Vinci
The Last Supperi
Café Terrance at Night
by Vincent van Gogh
What do you see
How do you feel
What’s the last thing you notice How do you feel
What do you see How do you feel
What do you see
How do you feel
Read and circle the name of each painting and its artist. Sort the expressions into the correct columns as fast as you can.
The Starry Night The Scream The Empire of Light
with an expression of fear
let out a powerful scream
circles of white and yellow racing across the sky
a burning orange-red sky
surrounded by the darkness of night
the night sky with clouds, stars and a moon
a beautiful house lit by lights from inside
full of brightness and soft white clouds
looks directly at the viewer
a sleeping village and a dark, lonely tree
3, 6, 10
1, 2, 4, 9
5, 7, 8
Read the 1st description & take notes as follows.
The Starry Night
What does the painting show
What may have inspired the painter
What did the artist think or say about the painting
The night sky with clouds, stars, a moon, a sleeping village and a dark lonely tree.
What he saw from the window.
He thought it was a failure.
What does the painting show
What may have inspired the painter
What did the artist think or say about the painting
The Scream
A thin figure with an expression of fear, a bridge above a dark, stormy sea and against a burning orange-red sky.
His experience of walking with friends.
Not mentioned in the text.
What does the painting show
What may have inspired the painter
What did the artist think or say about the painting
The Empire of Light
A beautiful house lit by lights from inside, surrounded by the darkness of the night and a daytime sky full of brightness and soft white clouds.
His thoughts and ideas.
The contrast between day and night in the paintings was surprising.
Read the first paragraph of each description. Do they have anything in common If so, underline the words and phrases. Explain your opinions.
Example: dark / darkness
Answers:
The words and phrases in the descriptions: the massive circles of white and yellow racing across the sky; a burning orange-red sky; a daytime sky full of brightness; a dark, lonely tree; a dark, stormy sea; the darkness of night
Opinions:
Each painting is focused on the artist’s interpretation of nature, especially the aspects of the sky. All three paintings paint the sky with bright colors and the darkness in each one which manifests a typical feature.
artistic beauty, originality, emotional, atmosphere, color scheme, dramatic, highlights, powerful...
After reading the descriptions, do you like or dislike them more Why
The following words may help you:
Post-reading
Group Work. Suppose you are a volunteer at an art exhibition. Introduce one of the three paintings or any painting you like to the visitors.
Each group should:
1. choose one painting
2. provide artist and description of the painting
3. describe the inspiration behind the painting
and the judgment
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. —Plutarch
Good painting is like good cooking; it can be tasted, but not explained.
—Maurice de Vlaminck
Homework
Appreciate at least 10 masterpieces after class. Collect the photos and share with each other next class.
Language Points
keep her figure
In his diary, Munch talked about what inspired him. “I was walking down the road with two friends when the sun set; suddenly the sky turned as red as blood...I stood there shaking...”
句意:蒙克在他的日记中谈到了灵感的来源,“太阳落山时,我和两个朋友走在路上;天空突然变得像血一样红……我站在那里颤抖……”
as...as... 与……一样,其中第一个as为副词,其后通常接形容词或副词原形, 第二个as可用作介词(后接名词或代词)或连词(后接从句)。
例句:
This dictionary is as useful as you think.
The ground was as white as snow with petals drifting down from the apple trees.
It shows a beautiful house lit by lights from inside, surrounded by the darkness of night.
句意:画中有一座美丽的房子,房子里充满了灯光,外面被夜晚的黑暗包围。
surrounded by the darkness of night在此作状语,它的逻辑主语是a beautiful house, 二者之间为逻辑上的动宾关系。
例句:
Delighted with her work, they made her the general manager.
Built in 1192, the bridge is over 800 years old.
What is stange is that above the house and the tree, we see a daytime sky full of brightness and soft white clouds.
句意: 奇怪的是,在房子和树之上,我们看到明亮的天空和柔软的白云。
what 在句中引导主语从句,且在从句中作主语。
例句:
What is gone is gone.
What hurt our feelings most was the personal comment of the judge.
Thank you!