内容正文:
Unit 1
Art
单元目标锁定
话题背景链接
①Cubist artists painted objects and people, with different aspects of the object or person shown at the same time.
This painting by contemporary American artist Roy Lichtenstein (1923—1997) is a worldexample of pop art.Pop art from the word“popular”,was an important modern art movement that aimed to show ordinary twentiethcentury city life.For example, it shows things such as soup cans and advertisements.
Qi Baishi (1863—1957), one of China’s greatest painters, followed the traditional Chinese style of painting.②Chinese painting is known for its brush drawing in black inks and natural colours. Qi Baishi observed the world of nature very carefully, and his paintings are special because of this.
Xu Beihong (1895—1953) was one of China’s bestknown twentiethcentury artists. Like Qi Baishi, Xu painted in the traditional Chinese style.Both painters have a beautiful brush line.Xu Beihong believed that artists should show reality, but not just imitate it.Inste