Unit 4 Meeting the Muse Developing ideas Reading 课件-2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit 4 Period 4 Reading 新 课 导 入 Watch the video and answer the questions. 1 How many artworks did you see? 2 What methods did they use to create the artworks? 3 Do you think technology can be considered a form of art? 1 1 How many artworks did you see? 2 What methods did they use to create the artworks? 3 Do you think technology can be considered a form of art? People create paintings with pencils, paper and paint, and create photographic artworks with cameras. I think technology can be considered as a form of art. For example, cameras are more accurate and faster, they are the invention of human beings as well as the fruit of our inspiration. However, when people paint with their hands, they are perhaps getting more satisfaction from their hard work. Therefore, when traditional ways of painting or modern photography co-exist with technology, the combination is one that promises great possibilities, as well as surprises. ART & TECHNOLOGY Think “art”. What comes to your mind? Is it Greek or Roman sculptures in the Louvre, or Chinese paintings in the Palace Museum? Or maybe, just maybe, it's a dancing pattern of lights? The artworks by American artist Janet Echelman look like colourful floating clouds when they are lit up at night. Visitors to one of her artworks in Vancouver could not only enjoy looking at it, they could also interact with it - literally. They did this by using their phones to change its colours and patterns. Exhibits such as these are certainly new and exciting, but are they really art? 课 堂 学 习 2 Read the passage and compare your ideas with those of the author. Whatever your opinion, people have been expressing their thoughts and ideas through art for thousands of years. To do this, they have used a variety of tools and technologies. Yet Michelangelo and others have been labelled as “artists” rather than “technicians”. This means that art and technology have always been seen as two very separate things. Today, however, technological advances have