Unit 4 Amazing Art Starting out + Understanding ideas 课件-2021-2022学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第三册

Amazing art Book 3 Unit 4 B3U4 Starting out + Understanding ideas Starting out Watch the video and answer the questions. 1. What cities are introduced in the video? 2. What is each city famous for in the world of art? Activity 1 Starting out Activity 1 Cities Features Florence New York City Beijing a long history of art the birthplace of the Renaissance great artists in history e.g. Michelangelo; Botticelli art museums modern art e.g. MoMA; Guggenheim Museum; the galleries of Chelsea; the Lower East Side; Brooklyn a mixture of traditional and modern Chinese art e.g. the Palace Museum; the 798 Art Zone (the center of contemporary art) Starting out What forms of art are these works? Folk dance, painting, opera and sculpture. How do you feel about these works? Activity 2 The Persistence of Memory: Hard objects become inexplicably limp in this bleak and infinite dreamscape, while metal attracts ants like rotting flesh. Mastering what he called “the usual paralyzing tricks of eye-fooling,” Dalí painted with “the most imperialist fury of precision,” he said, but only “to systematize confusion and thus to help discredit completely the world of reality.” It is the classic Surrealist ambition, yet some literal reality is included, too: the distant golden cliffs are the coast of Catalonia, Dalí’s home. 5 More Chinese art forms What is the most impressive artwork, building or performance you’ve ever seen? Why did it make such an impression on you? paper cutting calligraphy embroidery Chinese painting seal cutting porcelain P42 - Activity 4 /ɪmˈbrɔɪdəri/ /ˈpɔːsəlɪn/ Activity 1 Leading in Complete the quiz. Try to guess if you are not sure of the answers. 1. Where is the Louvre Museum? a. In London. b. In Paris. c. In Berlin. 2. When was the original castle of the Louvre built? a. The 12th century. b. The 15th century. c. The 18th century. 3. How many works of art are there in its collection? a. Around 180,000. b. Around 400,000. c. Around 480,000.