内容正文:
Unit 1
A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTING
UNIT 1 ART
UNIT 1 ART
Love of beauty is taste.
The creation of beauty is art.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Art is an expression of the soul.
When something is created, it is not art.
It only becomes art when it is appreciated by someone other than the artist.
Art is nothing without appreciation.
What is art?
Why do you think people create art?
What can you get from appreciating art?
Brain Storm
When it comes to ART, what comes into your mind? Can you list some forms of art?
art
architecture
photography
painting
music
dancing
literature
opera
movie
cooking
...
徐悲鸿
齐白石
张大千
Famous Paintings in China
Reading and Thinking
Before you read, look at the paintings in this section. What do you know about them? Do you know who painted them?
To understand the passage about history of western painting.
To appreciate Chinese and Western-style paintings and describe them.
To learn about different painting styles in Western art.
Fast Reading:
Q: How many periods of the paintings are mentioned in this text? What are they?
Fast Reading:
Q: How many periods of the paintings are mentioned in this text? What are they?
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
Impressionism
Modern art
(5th to15th century AD)
(14th to17th century AD)
(late 19th to early 20th century)
(20th century to today)
Time order
Detailed Reading
Age Main aim Characteristic Artist
__________________________
(5th to 15th century AD)
to represent ________________________ full of ___________ ___________
in a more __________ way (in the 13th century) ___________
__________________________
(14th to 17th century) to paint ________
________ as they really were adopted a more ____________ attitude to life
painted in ____________ Masaccio
The
Middle Ages
religious
themes
religious
symbols
realistic
Giotto di
Bondone
Detailed Reading
Age Main aim Characteristic Artist
__________________________
(5th to 15th century AD)
to represent ________________________ full of ___________