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Unit 1 Art
Period 1
(Reading & thinking)
A short history of western painting
Learning aims
1.Learn a short history of western painting.
2.Learn to grasp some reading skills.
3.Learn to appreciate some western paintings.
Lead in
Do you know the name of these western paintings
The Last Supper
The Sunflowers
The Gleaners
The Sunrise
Do you know the name of these Chinese paintings
A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains
Along the River During the Qingming Festival
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains
one hundred horses
Pre-reading
A short history of western painting
time and development
Can you predict what the passage is about
1. What’s the main idea of the passage
A. How religious paintings developed.
B. How Western art developed.
C. How oil paintings developed.
D. How Impressionist paintings developed.
Part 1(Para.1) A.The Renaissance
Part 2(Para. 2) B.The Middle Ages
Part 3(Paras. 3~5) C.Introduction
Part 4(Paras. 6~7) D.Modern Art
Part 5(Para. 8) E.Impressionism
Fast reading
Read the passage quickly and match.
Part 2
The Middle Ages The Renaissance Impressionism
Modern Art
Time
Cause of change
Artists
Characteristics
Read the passage and make a flow chart to show the changes in Western painting styles.
Careful reading
Period
Details
the 5th to
the 15th century
the 14th to
the 17th century
the 19th to
the 20th century
the 20th century to today
to teach about Christianity, uninterested in painting realistic scenes
Giotto di Bondone
①religious themes;
②primitive and two-dimensional;
③much larger main characters;
④showed real people in a real environment (more realistic);
⑤set apart from other paintings by their realistic human faces and deep emotional impact.
New ideas and values replaced old ones from the Middles Aages.
Masaccio, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Rembrandt
concentrated less on religious themes;
adopted a more humanistic attitude to life;
the use of perspective;
the use of oil paints;
look like photos with deep colours and realism;
the emphasis shifted from religious themes to people and the world around us;
portraits of people of high rank;
themes of historical events or stories from mythology.
The invention of photograpy
Claude Monet, Renoir
aimed to convey light and movement rather than record the details of the scene itself;
painted scenes of nature, daily life and people
full of light, shadow, colour, and life;
showed not just the outer image of the subjects, but their inner warmth and humanity as well
Picasso
①analysed the shapes existing in the natural world in a new way, with Cubism;
②gave their paintings a realistic but dream-like quality;
③turned to abstract art;
④no longer show reality, but asked the question “what is art
Match the paintings below with the correct period of art.
Impressionism
Modern Art
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
Comprehending
1.What was the main theme of paintings in the Middle Ages
A.Things related to nature.
B.Famous people at the time.
C.Things related to religion.
D.Animals people liked.
2. Which of the following is NOT the things the rich people paid famous artists to paint
A. The rich people themselves.
B. The god.
C. Houses and possessions.
D. Activities and achievements.
3.Who was considered as a master of shadow and light
A.Masaccio.
B.Rembrandt.
C.Michelangelo.
D.Leonardo da Vinci.
4.What did many Impressionists focus on in their paintings
A.Important historical events.
B.Stories from mythology.
C.Nature or daily life.
D.Kings and nobles.
5.How does the author develop the text after the opening paragraph
A.By raising debates.
B.By providing facts.
C.By offering analyses.
D.By making comparisons.
The styles of Western art have changed many times over history.Art
1. (influence) by the way of life and beliefs.During the Middle Ages,the main aim of painters was to represent 2. (religion) themes.In the Renaissance,people focused more on humans and
3. (little) on religion.Artists began to adopt a more
4. (humanist) attitude towards life.Masaccio used perspective in his paintings.Another innovation 5. (be) the use of oil paints,and some of the best oil 6. (paint) look like photographs.
was influenced
religious
less
humanistic
was
paintings
Summary
In the late 19th century,paintings were no longer needed to preserve
7. people and the world looked like.Hence,painters had to find a new way of looking at their art.So Impressionism came 8. being in France.Their paintings were not 9. (detail) as those of earlier painters.Modern painters such as Picasso tried to analyse the shapes which existed in the natural world but in a new way.Others gave their paintings a realistic but dream-like quality.Still others turned to abstract art.Instead
10. showing reality,they asked the question,“What is art ”
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detailed
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Post reading
Which period of painting do you like best
Impressionism
Modern Art
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
Homework
1.Read the passage.
2.Preview the language points.
Thank you!