课件37张PPT。M8 Unit 3 The world of colours and lightM8Unit3 Reading (1)Visiting the mastersLearning objectives:
To learn some masters’ life stories and their famous paintings.
To learn how to read a travelogue.
To improve reading and speaking abilities.
Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it!
艺术远没有生活重要,但是没有艺术, 生活是多么乏味呀!Watch the video and answer the questions.Do you know the name of the film?
Which famous artist and his masterpieces
are mentioned in the film?
Lead-in The Davinci Code Mona Lisa/the Last SupperDo you recognize them?Starry Night(Van Gogh)The Night Watch (Rembrandt)Water Lily (Monet) RembrantVan GoghDa VinciMonetPicasso Reading
Visiting the masters An ______ from ________ to his friend
about his visit to some famous ___________. email Li Ming art museums1.Which countries has Li Ming visited on his trip? Spain, France, Netherlands.2. How many days did they spend in Pairs?Four days.3.What did Monet love to paint when he has older?Water lilies.Read the e-mail quickly and answer these questions.Fast readingTrue or false?1). Pablo Picasso was born in England.
2). The painting of Mona Lisa is in the Louvre Museum.
3). Leonardo da Vinci is an Italian.
4). Monet was an American painter.FTTFSpaina Frenchreading a travellogue a record that someone makes of his or her tripthe purpose of the tripwhere the author wenthow long the author stayed in each place what the author saw and did what the author thought about the places he or she visited Reading strategy: The author wanted to visit places related to painters and paintings
He went to museums in three different cities
over a period of several daysHe gave many details about the artists and their artHe enjoyed the trip: ‘This trip has been fantastic!’Read the e-mail again, then answer.1. What did Li Ming think about Malaga?
2. What is cubism? He thinks Malaga is a lovely city and that the architecture there is beautiful.Cubism is a type of art which often uses acute angles and where the world is represented as being constructed of cubes and rectangles.Detailed reading3. What did Li Ming do in Pairs?
4. What is the most valuable painting in
the world?
5. What did da Vinci do besides painting?Mona Lisa.He designed many new inventions, including a primitive from of a helicopter and tank.He went to the Louvre Museum and the Musee d’Orsay.6. In which museum can you see Monet’s works?
7. What was the sad thing about van Gogh?
8. In which city did Li Ming see Rembrandt’s paintings?He received little reward for his effort. Only one painting had been sold before he died.In Amsterdam.The Musee d’Orsay.Name: Pablo Picasso
Birthplace:_______________________
Nationality:______________________
Dates of birth and death: 1881-1973
Number of his art works: ___________
His profession:______________
Characteristic of cubism he created:_________________________
_____________________________________the city of Málaga, SpainSpanishover 20,000 a type of art where the world is
represented as being constructed of cubes and rectangles.painter, sculptorPara.2Guernica (Picasso)Self-portrait
Name: Leonardo da Vinci
Nationality:___________
Dates of birth and death: 1452-1519
His masterpiece:_________________
His profession:__________________
_______________________________
The place where the painting is kept:________________________ItalianMona Lisa a painter, an architect , scientist and engineer the Louvre Museum, ParisPara.3The Madonna of the Rocks The Louvre
Museum _______ the works of da Vinci, it has
more than _________ other European paintings,
___ ______ the 13th______the 19th
_______. We can’t find any _______________ in it.
If you want to see the modern painting, you will
have to go to another museum ____ Musee d’ Orsay.The Musee
d’Orsay6,000ranging from centurymodernpaintings calledto BesidesPara.4Name:_________________
Nationality:_____________
Dates of birth and death:
__________
The place where some of his paintings are kept: the Musee d’Orsay, Paris
The favourite things in his painting:________________________Claude MonetFrench1840-1926The water liliesPara.5 water Lilies floating on the surface of a pond in his gardenImpression , sunriseName: van Gogh
Nationality:_____________________
Dates of birth and death:1853-1890
Number of his art works: ________
_____________________________
His masterpieces:________________
________________________________
His painting style:____________
The place where some of his paintings are kept:___________________Dutch about 800 oil paintings and 1,600 drawings The Potato Eaters, Starry Nightthe Van Gogh MuseumImpressionismPara.6Starry NightThe Potato EastersSunflowersName: Rembrandt
Nationality:______________________
Dates of birth and death:_________
His masterpiece:________________
The place where some of his
paintings are kept:_________________Dutch1606-1669The Night Watchmanthe museum in AmsterdamPara.7The Night WatchmanQs: How many places and art museums have the author visited so far on his trip to Europe? and
What are they?
MalagaParisAmsterdamPicasso’s houseThe Louvre MuseumThe Musee d’OrsayThe Van Gogh MuseumAnother museumConsolidationTitle:Famous art museums and great artists in ⑴_______Pablo
PicassoA museum in Malaga, Spain, which ⑵_______ to be the house where Picasso was bornLeonardo da VinciThe ⑷______ Museum in Paris,FranceEuropeusedBesidesLouvreinventionsVan
GoghAnother museum in AmsterdamfamoustypicalThen Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam,the NetherlandsMusee d’Orsay in Paris,FranceClaude
MonetRembrantsold17thImpressionismDiscussionIf I were a painter, I would like to paint…If I were a painterHomework1.Finish the composition ‘If I were a painter…’
2.Use your own words to introduce each artist mentioned in the passage to other group members.
3.Find the important words/expressions
in your eyes and try to understand them by yourself.