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Unit 7 Art Lesson 1
MASTERPIECES
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masterpiece: a work of art that is of high quality or that is the best that a particular artist, writer etc. has created.
Masterpiece
The Starry Night
The Scream
The Empire of Light
white and yellow circles
a sleeping village
a lonely tree
a house lit by lights
from inside
What can you see in the pictures?
a dark stormy sea
a thin figure
an amazing sky
Activity 1
Okay, here comes the answer
The first painting shows a thin figure is holding his or her head. And there’s an amazing sky and dark stormy sea. Here figure means a person in a painting. And amazing means wonderful and beautiful. What about stormy. It means not smooth, rough with big waves
And the second painting shows a lonely tree and a house lit by lights form inside. It looks strange.
And The third painting shows white and yellow circles over a sleeping village
Well, do you know their names? Let’s have a guess.
The Starry Night
The Scream
The Empire of Light
paintings
painters
Match the paintings with the names and the painters
Vincent van Gogh
Edvard Munch
René Magritte
Activity 2
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What does the painting show ?
What may have inspired the painter?
What did the artist think or say about the painting?
Read the three descriptions again. Then talk about each painting.
Questions:
Activity 3
The Starry Night
What does the painting show?
What may have inspired the painter?
What did the artist think or say about painting?
The night sky with clouds, stars and a moon.
What he saw from the window.
He thought it was a failure.
What does the painting show?
What may have inspired the painter?
What did the artist think or say about painting?
The Scream
A thin figure with an expression of fear.
His experience of walking with friends.
Not mentioned in the text.
What does the painting show?
What may have inspired the painter?
What did the artist think or say about painting?
The Empire of Light
A beautiful house lit by lights from inside, surrounded by the darkness of the nig