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First impressions
Predict
What do you think the travel journal talks about according to the title and the pictures?
First impressions
Write down the main idea of each part in the chart below.
Para. 1
Paras. 2-4
Paras. 5-6
A general ______________ to the museum Musée d’Orsay.
________________ of paintings of Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
______________ and______________ of Impressionist
introduction
Descriptions
Similarities
influence
Scan the passage carefully to finish A2 on Page 32.
Scanning
(Para 2 Line 11)the artists who made the deepest impression on me were two of the greatest Impressionist painters, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
(Para 4 Line26)is very detailed shows very little clear detail
(Para 5 Line36) tried to didn’t try to
(Para 5 Line 34)They employed free brushwork and used colours to show the effect of light on things, …
(Para6 Line 39)The Impressionists’ vision inspired a whole new generation of Post-Impressionist painters such as Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, …
Scanning
How many paintings are mentioned in the text ?
The Ballet Class
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The Card Players
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Blue Water Lilies
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Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette
The author was impressed by the fact that Monet painted around 250 paintings of the same lily pond, all in different colours and styles. It also amazed him that every time Monet studied the simple scene, he brought the pond’s beauty to the canvas in a unique way.
Careful reading
As to Monet, what impressed the author most according to the paragraph 3?
Which of the following do you think is most likely to be an impressionist painting? Discuss with our partners and share your reasons.
Appreciation
·Portrait a everyday scene
·Show little clear detail
· Capture the effect of light
· Paint a brief “impression”
·Employ free brushwork
·The soft edges of the figures seemed to mix together.
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Read paragraph 4&5:
What are the features of Impressionists?
Read paragraph 5 and 6, make a comparison between the Impressionists' paintings and the works that came before.
The works that came before The Impressionists' paintings
Subjects
Styles Realistic
Focus
History paintings
Everyday subject matter
Less realistic
Every detail in a scene
Just a brief “impression” they had at that moment
A brief impression
Everyday subject matter
Far less realistic
Free brushwork
The effect of light on things
Read paragraph 5
Can you sum up the features of Impressionsts' paintings
What influence did the Impressionists have on other painters according to the paragraph 6?
The Impressionists influenced the Post-Impressionist painters as well as painters in modern art, by encouraging artists to look at the world from an entirely new point of view.
Careful reading
Which of the following do you think is most likely to be an impressionist painting? Discuss with our partners and share your reasons.
Appreciation
Which of the following do you think is most likely to be an impressionist painting? Discuss with our partners and share your reasons.
the middle
(1) it is probably a normal everyday scene for the painter
(2)The boat and its surrounding scene are just an impression of what the painter saw so they are not painted in clear detail—the soft edges of the boats, factory chimneys, sea and sky seem to mix together. This tells me that the painter used the Impressionist free brushwork technique.
(3)The painter also used light and vivid colours to express his or her feelings.
Appreciation
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