Unit 1 Art Reading and Thinking 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Reading and Thinking A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTING 西方绘画艺术简史 UNIT1 ART 1 What is Western art? It is hard to give a precise definition. As there have been so many different styles of Western art, it is impossible to describe them all in a short text. Perhaps the best way to understand Western art is to look at the development of Western painting over the centuries. paragraph1 precise impossible describe perhaps 准确的 不可能的 描述 也许 1. How many periods of art were mentioned in this passage?What are they? The Middle Ages The Renaissance Impressionism Modern Art 2 1)precise adj.准确的；精确的precisely adv.准确地；的确如此to be precise 确切的说be precise in/about 在...方面准确 ①________________,the train leaves at 10:28. 准确地说，这趟火车10点28分开出。 ②The young manager was asked to justify the decision___________(precise). To be precise precisely 3 Perhaps the best way to understand Western art is to look at the development of Western painting over the centuries. __________________________________________________________ the best way to do sth 做某事最好的方式 the development of... ...的发展 也许了解西方艺术的最好方法就是看看几个世纪以来西方绘画的发展。 佳句记忆与理解 The Middle Ages (from the 5th to the 15th century)中世纪（5世纪到15世纪） During the Middle Ages, the purpose of Western art was to teach people about Christianity. Thus, artists were not interested in painting realistic scenes. Their works were often primitive and two-dimensional, and the main characters were often made much larger than everyone else to show their importance. This began to change in the 13th century with Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337). While his paintings still had religious themes, they showed real people in a real environment. In particular, his paintings are set apart from other paintings by their realistic human faces and deep emotional impact. Christianity realistic primiitive two-dimensional in particular set apart from emotional 逼真的；实际的 原始的 特别；尤其 使与众不同 基督教 二维的 情感的 5 The Middle Ages (from the 5th to the 15th century)中世纪（5世纪到15世纪） During the Middle Ages, the purpose of West