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seal cutting
opera
sculpture
What are they?
pottery
cubistic painting (立体画)
What is art?
Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions.
Can you name any kind of art?
painting
sculpture
architecture
photography
pottery
jewelry
……
music
dance
literature
opera
calligraphy
embroider
clothing
seal cutting
1. How much do you know about
paintings and artists?
2. Can you name any artists?
Qi Baishi (1864 –1957)
was recognized
for his very careful
and beautiful way
of painting common images.
Xu Beihong (1895-1953 ), one of the most celebrated painters in modern China, loved to paint horses.
Wu Guanzhong (1919 – 2010) was a contemporary Chinese painter. His distinctive painting style, having successfully assimilated Western techniques of abstraction, is both Chinese in outlook and modern in conception.
Vincent Van Gogh
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.
Starry Night
Sunflower
Green Wheat fields
Leonardo da Vinci
an Italian Painter
well-known for his works like Mona Lisa and The last supper
Mona Lisa
The Last Supper
Pablo Picasso
a Spanish painter,
famous for his abstract paintings
Picasso’s paintings
1. Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is a speaking picture.
画是无言的诗，诗是有声的画。
2. Good painting is like good cooking; it can be tasted, but not explained
好的画犹如佳肴，可以品其美味，却无法解释。
Translate the sentences.
What kind of pictures would you like to enjoy?
Do you like visiting art exhibitions?
If you were an artist, what kind of pictures would you paint? Why?
oil painting
water color
landscape
cartoon
figure drawing
sketch
realistic abstract nature
detailed traditional line
rich religious unfinished
modern colour shape
These words may help you in your discussion.
If you have three of the paintings on the walls of your house / classroom, what kind of pictures would you choose? Why?
a. realistic
b. abstract
c. existence
d. detailed
e. religious
f. traditional
1. accurate, minute
2. state or fact of existing
3. being in thought but
having a physical or
practical existence
4. lifelike, true to life
5. classical, of old beliefs
6. sincere to believe in a
god or gods
traditional
religious
abstract
realistic
impressionistic
romanticism
How much do you know about Western painting?
Can you match the paintings
and the painters?
Masaccio
Giotto
思维导图
A short history of western painting
Western art has many different styles.
Para. 1
Para. 2-6
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
Impressionism
Modern art
What were the artists interested in from the 5th to the 15th century AD?
2. How did Masaccio paint his paintings?
3. Why did the impressionists have to paint quickly?
Skim the text and answer the following questions.
1. What were the artists interested in from the 5th to the 15th century AD?
Creating respect and love for God.
2. How did Masaccio paint his paintings?
He drew things in perspective, which made pictures very realistic.
3. Why did the impressionists have to paint quickly?
Because the natural light changes quickly, they had to paint quickly.
1. 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.
Read the text carefully and choose the correct answers.
B
2. At first most people hated the impressionists’ style of painting, because _____.
A. their painting were very abstract
B. their painting were very realistic
C. they broke away from the
traditional style of painting
D. their paintings were very ridiculous
C
3. In the Renaissance, painters ___.
A. 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
D
4. ____ discovered how to make paintings look more real by using perspective.
A. Giotto di Bondone
B. Masaccio
C. Claude Monet
D. Pablo Picasso
B
5. What does the text mainly tell us?
A. How religious painting developed.
B. How oil painting developed.
C. How impressionist painting
developed.
D. How Western art developed.
D
Tell the sentences true or false.
1. Western art has changed very little over the last seventeen centuries.
2. Paintings in the Middle did not use perspective.
3. Impressionists painted landscapes.
4. You cannot recognize any object in abstract modem art.
5. In the Renaissance most artists painted indoors.
6. Abstract art is still an art style today.
F
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T
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The history of Western painting
Middle Ages, from 5th to 15th century.
Impressionism:
late 19th to early 20 century
Modern Art: from 20th to today
The Renaissance:
from 15th to 16 century
Now can you tell which period the following pictures belong to?
The Middle ages
Impressionism
Impressionism
Modern art
The Renaissance
Modern art
The Middle Ages
Let’s enjoy the works from some famous painters.
