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Unit 1 Art
Reading and Thinking
Teaching Objectives:
1. Get the general idea, organization, and style of the
article.
2. Read carefully to refine and summarize the artistic
style and characteristics of western painting in different
periods.
3. Explore the important factors that promote and
influence the development and change of western
painting art.
Key and difficult points:
Key point:Study the characteristics of the paintings and the
representatives in the four periods of western history.
Difficult point:Learn the way to appreciate paintings and lead
students to describe the characteristics of the painting works they
like.
Part 1 Lead-in
What styles of painting do you know
sketch (素描)
oil painting
Chinese ink painting
Do you think that each period has the same understanding of art
What is art
Part 2 Pre-reading
Look at these paintings before reading.
Which period do these paintings belong to
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
Impressionism
Modern Art
How did the style of these paintings change
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
Impressionism
Modern Art
PREDICTION
Read the title and look at the photos. What do you think the text is about
Probably, the text is about __________________________________________.
the development of Western
painting over the centuries
Vocabulary
adopt
adopt one's suggestion/advice
采纳某人的建议
adopt measures 采取措施
adopt a(n)...approach to...
对……采取……方法
adopt a(n)...attitude to...
对……采取……态度
v. 采取;接受;收养
练习:The others agreed that this was a good suggestion and should ____________ (adopt).
be adopted
Vocabulary
rank
a painter of the first rank
一流的画家
rank first/second...
=be ranked first/second…
排名第一/第二……
n.(尤指较高的)地位,级别 vt.& vi把……分等级
练习:She is currently the highest _________ (rank) player in the world.
ranked
Vocabulary
influential
influence n.&v. 影响
have an influence on/upon...
对……有影响
be influential in (doing) sth.
对(做)某事颇有影响
adj. 有很大影响力的;有支配力的
练习:Greek mythologies were influential _________ the works of that time.
in
Part 3 While-reading
SKIMMING
A. The things around them.
B. Famous people at the time.
C. Things related to religion.
D. Animals people liked.
What was the main theme of paintings in the Middle Ages
SKIMMING
A. They adopted a more humanistic attitude to life.
B. They began to use perspective.
C. They only focused on the people of high rank.
D. They also used oil paints to paint real people and the world.
Which is not right about the artists during' the Renaissance
SKIMMING
A. Masaccio.
B. Rembrandt.
C. Michelangelo.
D. Leonardo da Vinci.
Who was considered as a master of shadow and light
SKIMMING
A. Important historical events.
B. Stories from mythology.
C. Scenes of nature or daily life.
D. Kings and nobles.
What did many impressionists focus on in their paintings
Read the title and the first
paragraph to get the main idea
and read the subtitles to learn the
structure.
Main idea:
Para. 1
Western art has many different styles.
Para.
2-6
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
Impressionism
Modern art
(5th - 15th AD)
(14th-17th)
(late 19th–early 20th)
(5th - 15th AD)
Read the title and the first paragraph to get the main idea and read the subtitles to learn the structure.
Read for details
The Middle Ages (from the 5th to the 15th century)
1. What is the purpose of the western art in this period
2. What are the features of the paintings in this period
3. What is the biggest difference between Giotto di Bondone and other painters of the Middle Ages
Giotto the artist is regarded as
among the most influential artists in
the history of Western art. Giotto di
Bondone’s art introduced a new age
in the arts that combined spiritual
antiquity with the nascent notion of
Renaissance Humanism, predating
by a hundred years many of the
fascinations and issues of the Italian
High Renaissance.
Giotto di Bondone (1266-1337)
Giotto di Bondone' paintings
KISS OF JUDAS (THE ARREST OF CHRIST )
《犹大之吻》
The Mourning of Christ
《哀悼基督》
The Renaissance (from the 14th to the 17th century)
New ideas and values gradually replaced old ones from the Middle Ages. As a result, painters concentrated less on religious themes. They began to adopt a more humanistic attitude to life. An important breakthrough during this period was the use of perspective by Masaccio (1401–1428). 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.
Read for details
The Renaissance (from the 14th to the 17th century)
1. Why did painters not focus more on religion at this period
Another innovation was the use of oil paints. With their deep colours and realism, some of the best oil paintings look like photographs. 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.
In subject matter, the emphasis increasingly shifted from religious themes to people and the world around us. Kings, nobles, and people of high rank wanted to purchase accurate pictures of themselves and the people they loved. Others wanted paintings showing important historical events or stories from mythology. Finally, most clients wanted paintings that were beautiful and interesting to look at.
2. What are the features of paintings
The Renaissance (from the 14th to the 17th century)
What are the features of paintings
1. Focused less on ____________
2. They began to ___________________
________________________________________
3. Two developments/discoveries:
①___________________________
② ___________________________
religion themes
adopt a more
humanistic attitude to life.
Drawing things in perspective
Oil paints
Three famous paintings in The Renaissance
Mona Lisa 《蒙娜丽莎》
Oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci,
probably the world’s most famous
painting. The painting presents a
woman in half-body portrait, which
has as a backdrop a distant landscape.
In its exquisite synthesis of sitter and
landscape, the Mona Lisa set the
standard for all future portraits.
Three famous paintings in The Renaissance
The Last Judgment
《最后的审判》
The Last Judgment is generally
regarded as one of Michelangelo’s
greatest masterpieces.
Michelangelo groups figures to
create some sense of a
compositional structure, but he still
fully investigates the emotional
personality of each individual.
Three famous paintings in The Renaissance
School of Athens 《雅典学院》
Fresco painted by artist Raphael, it's
perhaps the most famous of all of
Raphael’s paintings and one of the most
significant artworks of the Renaissance.
The School of Athens is a complex
allegory of or philosophy, showing Plato
and Aristotle surrounded by philosophers,
past and present, in a splendid
architectural setting; it illustrates the
historical continuity of Platonic thought.
Impressionism (late 19th to early 20th century)
The development of Western art slowed until the invention of photography in the mid-19th century. After that, paintings were no longer needed to preserve what people and the world looked like. Hence, painters had to find a new way of looking at their art. From this, Impressionism emerged in France. The name of this new movement came from the painting by Claude Monet (1840–1926) called Impression, Sunrise. 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.
Read for details
Impressionism (late 19th to early 20th century)
1. Why did painters have to find a new way of looking at their art
While many Impressionists painted scenes of nature or daily life, others, such as Renoir (1841-1919), focused on people. Unlike the cold, black-and-white photographs of that time period, Renoir's paintings are full of light, shadow, colour, and life. He sought to show not just the outer image of subject, but their inner warmth and humanity as well.
2. What were the subject matters this period
3. What are the features of the painting during this period
Claude Monet(1840-1926)
He was a French painter who became the
initiator, leader, and unswerving advocate of
the Impressionist style.
Impression, Sunrise is his masterpiece.
Impression, Sunrise 《日出,印象》
Nymphéas en fleur《绽放的睡莲》
Vincent Van Gogh(1853-1890)
He’s a painter of Holland. He’s famous for his
idea of emotional expression in painting. His
great works include Starry Night, Sunflower
and Crows in the wheat fields.
Crows in the wheat fields《麦田上的鸦群》
Sunflower
《向日葵》
Read for details
Modern Art (from the 20th century to today)
What were the styles and features this period
1. Cubism:
2. Abstract:
analyze the shapes in a new way
A realistic but dream-like quality
no longer to show reality.
Guernica《格尔尼卡》
a large black-and-white oil painting executed
by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso in 1937 following the German bombing
of Guernica, a city in Spain’s Basque region. It is known for its powerful
anti-war message.
Part 4 Post-reading
Read the passage again and match the paintings below with the correct period of art. Use the information in the reading passage to help you.
Modern Art
Impressionism
The Renaissance
The Middle Ages
Read the passage and make a flowchart to show the changes in Western painting styles.
religious themes
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
less religious themes
more humanistic attitude
use of perspective
use of oil paints
deep colours and realism, look like photographs
emphasis shifted to people and the world around us
portraits of people of high rank
themes of historical events and mythology
Impressionism
followed invention of photography
paintings were not needed to preserve what things looked like
aimed to convey light and movement rather than recording realistic detail
focused on people, nature, and daily life
full of light, shadow, colour, and life
showed inner life of the subject too
Modern Art
analysed shapes of the natural world in a new way
realistic but dream-like qualities
abstract
no longer showed reality, but asked the question “what is art ” in different ways
not realistic; primitive and two-dimensional
13th century; more realistic and showed people in areal environment
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