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Unit 4 Amazing Art
Tick the words that you would use to describe horses. Add any more you can think of.
□ calm
□ brave
□ cute
□ clever
□ loyal
□ fast
□ wild
□ strong
悬崖勒马: pull back before it’s too late
一马当先: take the lead
老马识途: an old hand is the best guide, an old horse knows the way
What do you think of these two horse paintings?
amazing
outstanding
fantastic
vivid
powerful
magnificent
What do you know about the horse painter of each painting?
奔马图
照夜白
Xu Beihong was a Modern Chinese painter and art educator. His merging of Western techniques with classic Chinese approaches is unmatched. He, Liu Zigu(柳谷子) and Zhang Shuqi(张书旗), are called “Jinling three”.(金陵三杰)
Han Gan and His Horses
Read the passage and find out what it is about.
A. An introduction to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
B. The story behind Night-Shining White.
C. The famous artist Han Gan.
Predict
What is the type of this passage?
Para 1
Name of the artist
Name of the painting
Where is the painting kept
Status of the painting
Description of the painting
Complete the diagram with information from the passage.
Han Gan
Night-shining White
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
one of the most significant horse paintings in the history of Chinese art
What a magnificent horse! We can still feel the power within its burning eyes, bared teeth and kicking hooves.
The artist and his masterpiece
burning eyes
bared teeth
kicking hooves
How great is Night-shinging White?
It is a lively horse.
What a magnificent horse!
It’s regarded as one of the most significant horse paintings in the history of Chinese art.
“The horses painted by Han Gan are real horses.” 韩生画马真是马
“His horses could gallop off the paper.”
跃然纸上
very good or beautiful, and very impressive 宏伟的,壮丽的
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
纽约大都会艺术博物馆
one of the world’s largest and finest art museum
Para 2-4
The life of the artist
Personal information (birth, dynasty, etc)
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How he b