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Unit 1 ART
Reading and thinking
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What is art?
The use of the imagination to express ____________________ particularly in sculpture, music, drawing or painting
feelings or ideas
“ Love of beauty is taste.
The creation of beauty is art. ”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
architecture
sculpture
dance
music
literature
painting
calligraphy
Do you know the paintings?
Starry Night
Vincent Van Gogh
Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
Sunrise
Claude Monet
1. What’s this passage mainly about?
The development of western painting.
2. In what order is the passage organized?
In the order of time.
3. What’ s the type of the passage?
informative essay B. Biography
C. Argumentation D. News report
Fast reading: Read the title, subtitles and paragraph 1 to answer the questions.
Detailed reading: Read the passage and fill in the blanks
The Middle Ages
5th -15th Century AD
Characteristics :
Changes:
often _________ and ________________;
much _______ main characters;
___________ themes;
representative artist:
Giotto di Bondone
primitive two-dimensional
larger
religious
show real people in a real environment
realistic human faces and deep emotional impact
Not realistic
spread religion
more realistic
15th - 16th century
The Renaissance
Characteristics :
Representative artist(s):
concentrate less on _________________;
adopt _________________________ to life;
Innovation: ___________ and ____________;
The emphasis shifted from _____________ to ___________________________
_______________ purchased their portraits.
Masaccio, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Rembrandt
religious themes
a more humanistic attitude
perspective
oil paints
people and the world around us
religious theme
People of high rank
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Three Wise Men Sandro Botticelli
The Medici
satisfy the demand of the capitalism
beautiful and interesting
The Impressionism
late 19th-early 20th century
Reason(background):
The invention of photography
Representati