课件43张PPT。the World ofColours
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LightThe art of painting has been around for many thousands of years. With the development of painting skills and painting materials, people created different types of paintings.Are you interested in the art of painting? How much do you know about it?mural What is a mural?A mural is a very large piece of artwork, such as a painting, that is done on a wall. Murals can date back to prehistoric times, such as the paintings on the walls of caves. Today, murals are painted on different surfaces.Claude Monet(1840—1926), one of the founding fathers of Impressionism. Water Lilies, one of the most famous murals in the world, was created by the French impressionist in 1926.still life picturesA still life picture is a work of art that presents objects that are not moving. It was popular in Western art since the 17th century. It focuses on objects such as flowers or fruits. This gives artists more freedom to arrange the elements in the picture than they do paintings of nature or portraits.Do you know any famous still life picture painters and their works?The history of still life paintings can date back to ancient Egypt. At that time, people believed that if they put the paintings of food or other items in tombs, people could still eat or use these items in the other world. There are many famous still life painters and van Gogh’s Sunflowers is one of the most well-known still life paintings.Van Gogh (1853—1890) was a Holland painter. He painted about 800 oil paintings and did 1,600 drawings during his lifetime. Unfortunately, only one was sold out when he was alive. His most famous still life paintings are of sunflowers.abstract art What do you know about abstract art?Abstract art is a type of art that does not show objects in a natural way. Instead, abstract artists present their views of the objects with colours or shapes. The abstract artists use this to show the true qualities of the objects underneath their appearance.Pablo Picasso (1881—1973) produced more than 20,000 pieces of art in his life. He was more than a painter. He was a sculptor as well as a photographer. He developed different styles of painting, including cubism, which is a type of art where things are represented as geometric shapes.Do you think it easy or difficult to understand abstract painting? Paintings of nature can also be called “landscape”. A painting of nature always includes elements such as land, plants, man-made buildings and a very wide view. Sometimes, a painting of nature also presents water, a group of wild animals, people or the sky. traditional Chinese paintingportrait A portrait is a painting that shows a person, particularly the shoulders and up. In very few cases, the artists would show their personal opinions in a portrait.Italian artist, Leonardo da Vinci (1452—1519) created Mona Lisa between 1503 and 1506. Besides being a painter, da Vinci was also a sculptor, an architect, an engineer and a scientist. He made a lot of scientific discoveries, particularly in the field of astronomy.What do you think are the differences between traditional Chinese painting and traditional European painting?Traditional Chinese paintings emphasize brushwork much more than traditional European paintings. Furthermore, traditional Chinese paintings tend to look more simple on the surface than those in Europe. Another key difference is that symbolism plays a vital role in Chinese painting. Take portraits for example, in traditional Chinese painting, the rank of the person can be signifies by the wearers’ costume and robes, while traditional portraits in the West are more realistic and true to life.Thank you for listening!Homework:Preview Visiting the Masters on page 34—35. Try to finish the exercises after it from part C1 to part F.