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选择性必修一Unit1 Art
Reading and Thinking预习案
【Learning Objectives】
1. To understand the passage about history of western painting.
2. To learn about different painting styles in different periods about Western art.
3. To appreciate Chinese and Western-style paintings and describe them.
Activity 1: Read the passage and answer the following questions.
1.What does the passage mainly talk about?
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2.How is the passage organized?
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3.Match the main idea of each part.
Part 1(Para.1) A. The latest development of art.
Part 2(Para.2) B. Typical painters and their works of Impressionism
Par5 3(Para.3-5) C. Characteristics of paintings during the Renaissance
Part 4(Para.6-7) D. Paintings in the Middle Ages.
Part 5(Para. 8) E. General introduction to Western art.
4. Read and choose the best answer.
(1) Why were artists not interested in painting realistic scenes during the Middle Ages?
A. Because they were more interested in Christianity then.
B. Because the aim of Western art was to teach people about Christianity then.
C. Because they were more interested in paintings with religious themes.
D. Because they were more interested in paintings with deep emotional impact.
(2) What were the two innovations in the Renaissance?
A. The use of perspective by Masaccio.
B. The use of deep colours and realism.
C. Painters concentrated lesson religious themes.
D. The use of perspective and oil paints.
(3) What does the word “their” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Artists’. B. Oil paints.
C. Some best oil paintings. D. Painters'.
(4) Which word can best take the place of the word “shifted” in Parag 5?
A. Removed. B. Turned.
C. Changed. D. Influenced.
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