(共36张PPT)
Reading and Thinking
—Reading Comprehension
Unit 1 Art
By the end of this period, you will be able to:
understand the passage about the history of western painting;
appreciate Western-style paintings and describe them;
learn about different painting styles in Western art;
understand any form of art is the reflection of social life.
Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pre-reading
Do you know any famous painters in the world What do you know about them and their works
Zhang Daqian (1899—1983) was one of the best-known Chinese artists of the twentieth century.
Look at the paintings in this section. What do you know about them Do you know who painted them
Do you want to know more about the paintings and the artists and learn more about the western art
Let’s turn to the text!
While-reading
Activity 1 Fast- reading for basic information
Ⅰ. 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.
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Ⅱ. Match the main idea with each part.
Part 1(Para.1) A.The development of Western painting.
Part 2(Paras.2-8) B.Western art has many different styles.
Ⅲ. How many periods of the paintings are mentioned in this passage?What are they
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
Impressionism
Modern Art
from the 5th to the 15th century
from the 14th to the 17th century
late 19th to early 20th century
from the 20th century to today
Time order
Activity 2 Careful- reading for details
Ⅰ.Read Para.1 carefully and answer the following question.
Why is it difficult to give Western art a precise definition?What is the best way to understand Western art
(1)Because there have been so many different styles of Western art.
(2)Perhaps the best way to understand Western art is to look at the development of Western painting over the centuries.
Ⅱ. Read Para. 2 carefully and do the following exercises.
Period Middle Ages from the 5th to the 15th century
Cause of change to teach about (1) , uninterested in painting (2) ________ scenes
Artist
Feature (3) _________ and two-dimensional;
much (4) main characters;
(5) themes;
showed real people in a real environment—more (6)_______.
Giotto di Bondone
Christianity
realistic
primitive
larger
realistic
religious
1.Work in groups to finish the chart below.
2.What set Giotto di Bondone’s paintings apart from other paintings
A.His paintings mainly showed religious themes.
B.His paintings showed real people in a real environment.
C.His paintings were to convey the light and movement in the scene.
D.His paintings concentrated less on religious themes.
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Find Work(s) of the Middle Ages
_________ themes
Religious
Ⅲ.Read Paras.3-5 carefully and do the following exercises.
1.Work in groups to finish the chart below.
Period The Renaissance (from the 14th to the 17th century)
Artists (1)_________________________________________________________
Features concentrated less on (2)_________ themes;
adopted a more (3)__________ attitude to life;
the use of (4)___________;
the use of (5)__________;
looked like (6)___________ with deep colours and realism;
the emphasis shifted from religious themes to (7)____________________ around us;
portraits of people of (8)_________;
themes of historical events or stories from mythology.
Masaccio,Leonardo da Vinci,Michelangelo,Raphael,Rembrandt
religious
humanistic
perspective
photographs
people and the world
oil paints
high rank
2.Why did painters not focus more on religion at this period
Because new ideas and values gradually replaced old ones from the Middle Ages.
3.Who was considered as a master of shadow and light
A.Masaccio.
B.Rembrandt.
C.Michelangelo.
D.Leonardo da Vinci.
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Find Work(s) of the Renaissance
_________ theme oil paints
humanistic
Ⅳ.Read Paras.6-7 carefully and do the following exercises.
1.Why did painters have to find a new way of looking at their art
Because of the invention of photography, people didn’t need to preserve what people and the world looked like.
2.Which country did Impressionism come from
A.Spain.
B.France.
C.Italy.
D.Germany.
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3.What are the features of the paintings during this period
conveyed (1)______________________;
not recorded (2)___________ of the scene itself;
painted scenes of (3)____________________________;
full of (4)____________________________;
showed not just the outer image of the subjects,but their (5)_________________________ as well.
the light and movement
the details
nature,daily life and people
light,shadow,colour,and life
inner warmth and humanity
Find Work(s) of the Impressionism
full of light and shadow scenes of _______________
nature or daily life
莫奈,法国画家,被誉为“印象派领导者”,是印象派代表人物和创始人之一。光和影的色彩描绘是莫奈绘画的最大特色。
aimed to convey light and movement rather than record the details of the scene itself;
the subjective impression the scene gave him.
Ⅴ. Read Para. 8 carefully and do the following exercises.
List the features of the paintings during this period (Modern Art—from the 20th century to today).
analysed the shapes existing in the natural world in a new way,with (1)_______;
gave their paintings a (2)________________________ quality;
turned to (3)____________;
no longer to show (4)_______.
Cubism
realistic but dream-like
abstract art
reality
Find Work(s) of Modern art
_______ art
abstract
毕加索,西班牙画家、雕塑家。西方现代派绘画的主要代表。他于1907年创作的《亚威农少女》是第一张被认为有立体主义倾向的作品,是一幅具有里程碑意义的著名杰作。
Ⅵ.Read the passage again and do the following exercises.
1.How does the writer develop each period of Western painting
A.By listing numbers.
B.By giving examples.
C.By making comparisons.
D.By giving causes and effects.
2.Where can you find this kind of passage
A.A story book.
B.A science magazine.
C.A business magazine.
D.An art magazine.
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3. What can you infer from the passage
Any form of art is the __________ of social life. The progress of society and the development of art go ____________. Painting is no exception.
reflection
hand in hand
Christianity
realistic scenes
primitive
main characters
a real environment
new ideas and values
oil paints
people
photography
nature
“What do we do next ”
abstract art
Complete the graphic organiser and then
retell the text according to it.
people
Post-reading
Activity 1 Discussion
1.Which period of Western art do you like most?Why are you fond of it?(Critical thinking)
I like Impressionism because the paintings of it are amazing,which can convey the light and movement in the scene. They focus on people and the real world.
2.How would you answer the question,“What is art?”(Creative thinking)
Art is real experiences,beauty,freedom,personality,creation...
As there have been so many different styles of Western art,perhaps the best way 1._____________(understand) Western art is to look at the 2.___________(develop) of Western painting over the centuries.During the Middle Ages,the purpose of Western art was to teach people about Christianity.This began to change in the 13th century with Giotto di Bondone.His paintings are set apart from other paintings by their 3._________(reality) human faces and deep emotional impact.Painters concentrated 4.____(little) on religious themes during the Renaissance.
to understand
development
realistic
less
Activity 2 Summary
5.____ important breakthrough was the use of perspective by Masaccio and another innovation was the use of oil paints.In subject matter,the emphasis 6.____________(increase) shifted from religious themes to people and the world around us.Photography was invented in the mid-19th century,after 7._____ paintings were no longer needed to preserve what people and the world looked like.Hence,Impressionism 8._______(emerge) in France.The name of this new movement came from the painting by Claude Monet 9.______(call) Impression,Sunrise.After Impressionism,subsequent artists began to ask what they would do next.What they attempted to do was no longer show reality,10.___ instead to ask the question,“What is art?”
An
increasingly
which
emerged
called
but
Sentences analysis
1.As there have been so many different styles of Western art,it is impossible to describe them all in a short text.
[句式分析] 此句是____句。as是________,引导________从句;it is impossible to describe them all in a short text为 “it is+adj.+to do sth”结构,it是________,__________作真正的主语。
[自主翻译]
复合
从属连词
原因状语
形式主语
不定式短语
由于西方艺术风格多种多样,不可能在一篇短文中描述全部。
2.Influential painters such as Leonardo da Vinci(1452-1519),Michelangelo(1475-1564),and Raphael(1483-1520) built upon Giotto and Masaccio’s innovations to produce some of the greatest art that Europe had ever seen.
[句式分析] 此句是____句。to produce some of the greatest art是动词不定式短语作________;that Europe had ever seen 为that引导的____从句,修饰先行词some of the greatest art,that在从句中作see的____,可以省略。
[自主翻译]
复合
目的状语
定语
宾语
在乔托和马萨乔创新的基础上,莱昂纳多·达·芬奇(1452年-1519年)、米开朗琪罗(1475年-1564年)和拉斐尔(1483年-1520年)等颇具影响力的画家创作出了欧洲有史以来最伟大的一些艺术作品。
3.While painters as early as Da Vinci had used oil,this technique reached its height with Rembrandt(1606-1669),who gained a reputation as a master of shadow and light.
[句式分析] 此句是____句。while引导________从句,意为“__________”;reached its height意思是“________”;who引导____________从句,修饰Rembrandt;gained a reputation as...意思是“_______________________”。
[自主翻译]
复合
让步状语
虽然,尽管
达到顶峰
非限制性定语
获得/拥有……的名誉
虽然像达·芬奇这么早的画家就已经开始用颜料画画,但这一技艺走向鼎盛则始于获得光影大师称号的伦勃朗(1606年-1669年)。
4.In this work,Monet’s aim was to convey the light and movement in the scene—the subjective impression the scene gave him—but not a detailed record of the scene itself.
[句式分析] 此句是____句。to convey...是动词不定式短语作____;the scene gave him是省略了________的定语从句,省略了____________________,关系代词在从句中作宾语。
[自主翻译]
复合
表语
关系代词
that/which
在这幅作品里,莫奈的目的是传递场景中的光与运动——即场景给予他的主观印象,而非对场景本身的一种具体记录。
Homework
Review what we have learnt and preview language points.