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UNIT 1 ART
Build Up Your Vocabulary
To read a passage about Monet and Impressionism and learn more about Impressionism paintings.
To identify some words by understanding their explanation in English and practice them by making sentences.
Words and expressions of changing from the text:
development, breakthrough, innovation, begin, replace, shift, slow, emerge, try, finally, instead, unlike, less, new, more, until
began to change, built upon, reached its height with, shifted from… to…, no longer, turned to…
While his paintings still…, they showed…
New… gradually replaced old ones from…
fine art
Brainstorm words and phrases concerning art and then make a mind map to connect them.
fine art
painting
sculpture
tools
sculptor
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painter
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美术(尤其绘画和雕塑)
n.雕刻家
Western painting
Styles of paintings
Techniques
Tools
Famous artists
Roots & Affixes
The Middle Ages (5th-15th century)
The Renaissance (14th-17th century)
Impressionism (19th-20th century)
Modern Art (20th century-)
perspective
shadow and light
brush, paint
Ink, animation (动画)
Giotto di Bondone
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci
paint/painting/painter
human/humanistic/ humanity
representation/ representative
Watch the video about Monet and Impressionism.
Read the passage about Monet and Impressionism. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words or phrases in the box.
be fond of, emerge, influential, in particular, purchase, realistic, subjective, theme
Unlike the earlier Realists who painted in a ________ style, Impressionist painters focused more on their __________ feelings of things and instant impressions. When Impressionism ________ in France in the late 19th century, artists became more interested in everyday subject matter. They were also fascinated by modern objects. As one of the most __________ Impressionist painters, Claude Monet was impressed by the visual effects of the steam engine ___________, and he later produced twelve paintings of a train station in Paris. In 1883, Monet and his large fam