内容正文:
Reading and Thinking
WESTERN
ART
UNIT 1
玉林市第一中学
黄心平
Lead-in
What do you think about art?
希腊艺术
painting
KINDS OF ART
photography
music
opera
architecture
drama
sculpture
dance
calligraphy
pottery
painting
Lead-in
Have you seen these western paintings before?
Lead-in
Do you know who paint them and when?
01
pre-reading
02
03
04
The Middle Ages
The
Renaissance
Impressianism
(late 19th to
early 20th century)
Modern Art
(from the 20th
century to today)
A short history of western painting
What’s the order of the text?
(from the 5th to
the 15th century)
(from the 14th to
the 17th century)
while-reading
Read the title and the first paragraph to get the topic sentence and read the subtitles to learn the structure.
The introduction of Western art.
Para. 1
Para. 2-6
Different periods of western painting
Topic sentence: The best way to understand Western art is to look at the development of Western painting over the centuries.
while-reading
Read and find out the answers to the following questions.
The Middle Ages
(1) the purpose of the western art:
(2) the features of the paintings:
(3) The famous painter:
To teach people about Christianity
primitive
Two-dimensional
Main characters were made much larger than everyone else.
Showed people in a real environment more realistic. (13th century)
Giotto di Bondone
Giotto di Bondone
Can you find out the religious symbols?
while-reading
Read and find out the answers to the following questions.
(1) the themes/features of the western art:
(2) The famous painters:
concentrate less on __________ themes
adopt a more humanistic(人文的) _________ to life
__________ of people
historical events and mythology(神话)
The
Renaissance
religious
attitude
portraits
Masaccio Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo Raohael
Rembrandt
A master of shadow and light
光影大师
Self-portrait with Shaded Eyes
Rembrandt 1634
Two developments/discoveries:
Drawing things in perspective
Oil paints.
a. _________________________