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UNIT 1 ART
Reading and Thinking
A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTING
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.
Love of beauty is taste.
The creation of beauty is art.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Look at the painting School of Athens on page 1.
What do you know about the painting? Do you know who painted it?
What can you see in the painting? Who are these people? What are they doing?
Why did the painter put all these people living at different times together?
Why do you think the painter created this work of art?
The School of Athens is a description of philosophy. The scene takes place in classical times, as both the architecture and the garments (服饰) indicate. Figures representing each subject that must be mastered in order to hold a true philosophic debate – astronomy, geometry (几何), and arithmetic (算数) - are described in concrete form. The arbiters (仲裁) of this rule, the main figures, Plato and Aristotle, are shown in the center, engaged in such a dialogue.
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?
dance
music
Can you list some art styles?
sculpture
paper cutting
architecture
literature
film
painting
calligraphy
photography
n.摄影
Do you like Chinese paintings or Western paintings? Why?
Chinese-style Paintings
Western-style Paintings
Do you know any famous painters in the world?
What do you know about them and their works?
He’s an Italian painter.
He lived during the 15th and 16th century.
He’s well-known for his works like Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Lenonardo da Vinci
Zhang Daqian (1899—1983) was one of the best-known Chinese artists of the twentieth century.
Zhang Daqian
Picasso was