Unit 1 Art reading

课件65张PPT。A short history
of western paintingReading
Unit 1 ArtWhat do we call these things? paintingsWarming up1. If you could have three of these paintings on the walls for your classroom, which would you choose? Discuss your reason.Look at the paintings. Discuss in groups:Can you name some famous painting and painters?Look at the paintings. (Western Paintings)Can you match the painting and the painters? Can you tell the ages of the paintings? Xu BeihongWho are your favorite painters from China?Qi BaishiZhang DaqianWhy do you like them?
…for their painting is very vivid, or their paintings show the real life of the nature or the people in the old days….Comparison of Western and Chinese painting.Time Western Chinese 5th to 15th century AD15th to 16th
centuryLate 19th century to early 20th century20th century to todayWhich do you think has a greater change? Why? Let’s know some famous Western artists!Giotto di Bondone
乔托·迪·邦多纳 犹大之吻 Giotto di Bondone (1267 - 1337). Florentine painter and architect. He was recognized as the first genius of art in the Italian Renaissance. Giotto lived and worked at a time when people’s minds and talents were first being freed from the shackles of medieval restraint. He dealt largely in the traditional religious subjects, but he gave these subjects an earthly, full-blooded life and force. Leonardo da Vinci
(1452-1519)Michelangelo Bounaroti (1475－1564)
米开朗基罗 Creation of AdamRaffaello Sanzio
(1483-1520)
拉斐尔 The School of Athens Masaccio(1401-1427), the first great painter of
the Italian Renaissance,
whose innovations in
the use of scientific
perspective inaugurated
the modern era in
painting. Madonna with
Child and AngelsCrucifixionMasaccio的作品：凡高《向日葵》1. lifelike, true to life
2. being in thought but having a physical or practical existencea. realistic

b. abstract
Match the words with the correct meanings:
[A] [B]3. classical, of old beliefs
4. accurate, minute
5. sincere to believe in a god or gods c. detailed
d. religious
e. traditional 圣母与圣婴天使报喜
织锦画The Middle Ages Compare the two paintings《圣母子》中世纪
《蒙娜丽莎》文艺复兴Gods are paintedPeople are painted. the RenaissanceImpressionism莫瑞桥--阿尔弗莱德·西斯莱 赛艇--局斯塔夫·卡耶博特蓬图瓦兹. 埃尔米塔日的坡地
--卡米耶·毕沙罗Modern Art 戴帽的自画像--塞尚作
被称为”现代艺术的起源”Fast readingWhat’s the main idea of the text ?The style of Western art has changed a lot with time going by.2.How many styles of Western painting are mentioned in the text? What are they?Four. They are:
The Middle Ages, The Renaissance,
Impressionism and Modern art.What were the artists interested in from 5th to 15th century AD? Creating _______ and ____ for God.
2. How did Masaccio paint his paintings? He drew things in__________, which makes pictures very _______.respectloveperspectiverealisticSkimming3. Why did the impressionists have to paint quickly?
Because the natural light _______ quickly, they had to _____ quickly.changespaint1. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Paintings in Middle Ages were very realistic.
B. Western art has changed a lot since the 5th century.
C. Impressionist paintings were painted mainly indoors.
D. Modern art began in the Renaissance.Scanning2. At first most people hated the impressionists’ style of painting, because _____.
their painting were very abstract.
their painting were very realistic.
They broke away from the traditional style of painting.
D. their paintings were very ridiculous.3. In the Renaissance, painters___.
Painted religious scenes in a more realistic style.
B. focused more on religion than on humans.
C. began to paint outdoors.
D. returned to classical Roman and Greek ideas about art. 4. ____discovered how to make paintings look more real by using perspective.
Giotto di Bondone.
Masaccio.
Claude Monet.
D. Pablo Picasso5. According to the text, art is influenced less likely by ______.
A. social changes B. the way of life
C. agriculture D. beliefs of people
6. When did people focus more on people and less on religion?
From 5th to 15th century AD.
From 15th to 16th century.
C. From late 19th to early 20th century.
D. From 20th century to today.7. Most people hate the impressionists’ style of painting at first because they thought _____.
A. their paintings were very abstract
B. their paintings were very realistic
C. they broke away from the traditional style of painting
D. their paintings were very ridiculous8. What does the text mainly tell us?
How religious painting developed.
How oil painting developed.
How impressionist painting developed.
D. How western art developed.Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.The Middle Agesreligiouspeople and nature Masaccioearly 20th century light and shadowridiculous Modern
artqualitiesabstractDetailed Reading: True or False1. Western art has changed very little over the last seventeen centuries.
2. Painters in the Middle Ages did not use perspective.
3. Impressionists painted landscapes.
4. You cannot recognize any object in abstract modern art.FTFF5. In the Renaissance most artists painted indoors.
6. Abstract art is still art style today.TFListen to the tape and fill in the chart:Ages: Middle Ages
Time: 5th to 15th century AD
Artist: Giotto
Feature: Religious, realisticAges: the Renaissance
Time: 15th to 16th century AD
Artist: Masaccio
Feature: perspective, realisticAges: impressionism
Time: Late 19th to early 20th
Artist: not mentioned
Feature: Not detailed, ridiculousAges: modern art
Time: 20th century to today
Artist: not mentioned
Feature: controversial, abstract, realisticDiscussion of the text structure It is a historical report. The first paragraph introduces the topic and the theme of the text and then state what the rest of the text will be about. The rest of the report presents the information in chronological order and relates this to the them of the change in artistic style reflecting cultural change. The writing style of the passage:
The passage is a historical narrative article. It briefly introduces the main features of different Western painting styles during the main periods of times. It also analyzes why and how the styles changed. The short history of Western painting styles is described clearly and vividly, which gives the readers deep impression.How about its writing characteristic?
Arranged well in the order of time; Catch the features of people and things and use adjectives very exactly; Lay the stress on the main subjects and purpose, writing details and briefs properly; Insert the typical paintings to make the passage more vivid and lively.Now can you tell which period the following pictures belong to? Middle AgesRenaissanceImpressionism Modern art Now draw the history of western painting:Middle Ages, from 5th to 15th century.Impressionism:
late 19th to early 20 centuryModern Art: from 20th to todayThe Renaissance:
from 15th to 16 centuryStyles in Western art have changed __________. Art is _________ by the ________ and _________________.
During the Middle Ages, the main ____ of painters was to _________________ themes. Artists were ___________ creating ______ and _____for God.many times influencedcustomsfaith of a peopleaimrepresent religiousinterested inrespectloveIn the Renaissance, people became _______ more on _______and less on _______. Artists tried to paint ______ and ______ __ they really ____.
Masaccio used __________ in his paintings which made people ________ they were ______________ a hole in the wall __ a real scene.focusedhumansreligionpeoplenatureaswere perspectiveconvincedlooking throughatIn the late 19th century, Europe changed __________ from a mostly __________ society to a mostly ________ one. The ____________ were the first to paint ________. They had to paint ______ and their paintings were not __ ______________ of earlier painters.a great deal agricultural industrialimpressionistsoutdoorsquicklydetailed as thoseasToday people accept _____________ ________ as the _________ of _______ _______. Some modern art is _______while some is ___. impressionists’beginningmodernabstractrealisticpaintingsartDiscussionWork in pairs:
What styles of painting there will be in the future?Read the text more after class.Homework