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Unit 3 The art of painting
Integrated Skills 讲解课件
新译林2020版 选必一
Giving instructions for making an unusual picture
What is the artwork made of?
pumpkin
Lead-in
desk
What is the artwork made of?
stone
Lead-in
strings
pieces of wood
Lead-in
bench & glassware
What other unusual materials in art can you think of?
What is the artwork made of?
Have you seen these pictures? Do you like this kind of art?
Jane Perkins categorises herself as a ‘re-maker’ and is well-versed in recycling for art, having written an entire thesis on it!
Jane’s current body of work is entitled ‘Plastic Classics’. For the creation of this collection, Jane takes unwanted objects and uses collage techniques
influenced by her background
in textiles to create
reproductions of artworks
by the old masters.
“What a gorgeous reinterpretation of the painting! I often see people’s reproductions of Vermeer’s Girl, and few “get” it. Jane Perkins has taken the portrait a step beyond and made it her own – a textured image that I bet would have made Vermeer smile.”
Tracy Chevalier—author of the novel Girl with a Pearl Earring
Lisa has found a TV programme about the use of unusual materials in art. Watch the TV programme and finish the exercises below.
Watch the TV programme and answer the following questions.
1 What do many creative artists use to make their artworks?
2 What is Jane Perkins well known for?
Everyday objects.
Portraits of famous people.
3 What may an artist think of the things that we regard as rubbish?
4 What plays an important role in finding inspiration for your art from nature?
A source of creativity.
Imagination.
Watch the TV programme again and complete the notes below.
Using unusual materials in art
Jane Perkins's ideas
Where she finds unusual art materials
In rubbish bins
____________________
At car boot sales
Unusual art materials she has used
____________________
____________________
At recycling centres
Old buttons
Small toys
The speaker's suggestions
How to find inspirati