Unit 7 Art Lesson 1 Masterpieces 课件-2024-2025学年高一英语北师大版（2019）必修第三册

Unit 7 ART Lesson 1 Masterpieces Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) The Starry Night Wheatfield with Crows Edvard Munch (1863-1944) The Scream Girls on the Bridge The Empire of Light René Magritte (1898-1967) The Son of Man What do you see in the paintings? (Use the phrases below to help you.) White and yellow circles A sleeping village A lonely tree An amazing sky A dark stormy sea A thin figure A house lit by lights from inside Fast reading Read and find out what aspects (层次) of information are included in each passage. Para 1: What does the painting show? (objects/elements) Para 2: What may have inspired the painter? (inspiration) Para 3: What did the painter think of his own painting? (comments/reviews) Elements (What does the painting show?) Inspirations (What may have inspired the painter?) Comments (What did the artist or other people think about the painting? ) The Starry Night _____________ The Scream _____________ The Empire of Light __________________ Intensive Reading: working on the painting description, and take notes about the three questions. Elements? Inspirations? Comments ? The Starry Night _____________ Elements: A night sky; massive circles, bright stars and a moon; a sleeping village, a dark, lonely tree Inspirations: Mental illness - sense of sight Comments: Not popular, a failure; one of the world’s most famous paintings Elements? Inspirations? Comments ? The Scream ____________ Elements: A thin figure with an expression of fear, a wide open mouth, letting out a powerful scream, a dark, stormy sea, a burning, orange-red sky Inspirations: Seeing the sunset, a red sky Comments: Connected to his mental health problems Elements? Inspirations? Comments ? The Empire of Light _________________ Elements: A beautiful house lit by lights from inside, surrounded darkness of night, a daytime sky full of brightness and white clouds Inspirations: His thoughts and ideas (shock the viewers and challenge their sense of reality Comments: surprising Compare & Find out Look at the three paintings and read the first paragraph of each description. Do they have anything in common? Underline the similarities in each description. Discuss on the similarities that you noticed then Make a presentation in front of the class. Pair work Possible anserws: Each painting is focused on the artist’s interpretation of nature, expecially the aspects of the sky. All three paintings paint the sky with bright colors, making a contrast with the darkness in each one. Describe the paintings! Work in pairs and then describe one painting (painter, features, inspiration, and comments). Make a presentation in front of the class useful expressions: Painter: ... was painted by ... features: The painter painted .../we can see .../ In this painting named … Inspiration: The painter was inspired by... comments: Discussion How do you understand the following quotes? A man paints with his brain and not with his hands. - Michelangelo, an Italian painter Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. - Plutarch, an ancient Greek writer Good painting is like good cooking; it can be tasted, but not explained. -Maurice de Vlaminck, a French painter Take one of the painting as an example to explain your points. What’s your opinion of the three paintings? Which do you like or dislike most? Give your reasons. Useful expressions: 1. The reason why I like ......is that they are + adj. 2. I am crazy about..., 3. I’m deeply impressed by... 4. I can’t stand ... Reasons: amazing colours energetic exciting elegant(优雅的) show… in a creative way ... Introduce one painting (group work) S1: What does the painting show? S2: What may have inspired the painter? S3: What did the artist/experts/public think or say about the painting? S4: How do you feel about the painting? S5: Freeman (PPT design or give a hand when needed) To find out more about master pieces, you can ... $$