Unit 4 Understanding ideas 课件-2021-2022学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第一册

(WY) Book 4 Unit 4 KEDONG COUNTY NO.1 HIGH SCHOOL Unit 4 Meeting the Muse Starting out 1. Watch the video and answer the questions. (1)Which artist is the video about? Which of his works are mentioned? (2)What inspired the artist? Starting out 此处可插入视频 Starting out 1.Watch the video and answer the questions. (1)Which artist is the video about? Which of his works are mentioned? The video is about Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Mona Lisa and many drawings and notes of his ideas for his inventions, including a parachute, a form of helicopter and a strange flying machine with flapping wings. (2)What inspired the artist? The natural world, such as birds and their mysterious power of flight. Starting out 2.Look at the pictures and read the quotes. (1)What do you know about these people? Richard Wagner was a world-famous German composer; Mo Yan is the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature; Auguste Rodin was a world-famous French sculptor; Pablo Picasso was a world-famous Spanish painter. Starting out 2.Look at the pictures and read the quotes. (2)What is your understanding of the words “imagination”, “inspiration” and “rediscover”? How do they help your understanding of the quotes? (3)Which quote do you most or least agree with? Give your reasons. Understanding Ideas 1.Tick what you think are the most important sources of inspiration for artists. Now work in pairs to compare and explain your choices. Understanding Ideas 2.Read the passage and find out what inspires each artist. Every artist's wish is to create something that expresses an idea. But where do artists get their ideas from? Who or what inspires them? Here we find out more about the influences behind the successes of three very different artists. Understanding Ideas 2.Read the passage and find out what inspires each artist. Hofman gets inspiration from his children’s toys, Chinese folk tales, Wuzhen and the way people lived there. Tan Dun gets inspiration from Chinese musical traditions an