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 Unit 1 Art Learning Objectives By the end of this period, most students will be able to: 1. learn about the development of the western painting, and the time, artists as well as the charecteristcs of each stage. 2. understand the passage in detail, and talk about “art” freely. 3. talk about the short history of western painting and their preferences. Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art. -Ralph Waldo Emerson 对美的喜爱是品味。对美的创造是艺术。 -拉尔夫•沃尔多•爱默生 What do you know about this painting? The painting is of the fresco (湿壁画) painting School of Athens by Raphael (拉斐尔, 1483-1520). It was painted between 1509 and 1511 on a wall in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City (梵蒂冈城的使徒宫殿).The fresco shows many famous philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, and Pythagoras, though it is not clear who they all are. Although all shown together, they were not all contemporaries (同时期的；同一时代的). Why did the painter put all these people living at different times together? Why do you think the painter created this work of art? What idea did the painter want to convey? Though these people were from different times, they all symbolised human pursuit of wisdom and truth. To praise the so-called “Golden Age” in history and convey a yearning for a free and open future. What can you see from the picture? Title: A short history of western painting Subtitles: The Middle Ages The Renaissance Impressionism Modern Art illustrations Prediction According to what you can see on page2-3, predict the main idea and content of the text. The passage mainly tells us the four main stages in the of western painting and the , , and of the paintings in each stage. development time famous painters characteristics Fast reading 1.Who are the target readers of this passage? 2.Why does the author use subheadings in the passage? People who are interested in