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How to appreciate a painting?
2022.4.15
Masterpieces
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What is a masterpiece?
masterpiece: a work of art that is of high quality or that is the best that a particular artist, writer etc. has created
After this class, you will be able to :
1.Get to know some information about the paintings.
2.Have a brief understanding of art appreciation. 3.Express personal feelings about artworks.
4.Form cultural confidence and learn to spread Chinese culture.
Use the phrases to describe what you see in the paintings.
white and yellow circles an amazing sky a thin figure
a lonely tree a sleeping village a dark stormy sea
a house lit by lights from inside
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What is the genre of the passage?
A.Exposition
B. Narration
Argumentation
Feature:
①to explain why
②to explain how
③to report information
说明文的语言多采用客观性词语,较少使用主观判断词汇,如表示个人善恶的形容词、副词。
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What is the passage mainly about?
A. The description of three famous paintings.
B. The introduction of three famous painters.
C. Three interesting stories.
主旨大意
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Fast Reading
The Starry Night
The Scream
The Empire of Light
Vincent van Gogh
Edvard Munch
René Magritte
paintings
names
painters
Find out the names and the painters
Read the 1st description & take notes as follows.
The Starry Night
What does the painting show?
What may have inspired the painter?
What did the artist think or say about the painting?
The night sky with clouds, stars, a moon, a sleeping village and a dark lonely tree.
What he saw from the window.
He thought it was a failure.
Why did Van Gogh paint the yellow spots?
His mental illness may have affected his sense of sight. He also took a drug that can make people see yellow spots, just like the stars in The Starry Night.
The Starry Night
What does the painting show?
What may have inspired the painter?
What did the artist think or say about the painting?
The Scream
A thin figure with an expression of fear, a bridge above a dark, stormy sea and against a burning orange-red sky.
His experience of walking with friends.
Not mentioned in the text.
What does the painting show?
What may have inspired the painter?
What did the artist think or say about the painting?
The Empire of Light
A beautiful house lit by lights from inside, surrounded by the darkness of the night and a daytime sky full of brightness and soft white clouds.
His thoughts and ideas.
The contrast between day and night in the paintings was surprising.
Sort the expressions into the correct columns.
Use them to practise introducing the paintings.
The Starry Night The Scream The Empire of Light
1 with an expression of fear
2 let out a powerful scream
3 circles of white and yellow racing across the sky
4 a burning orange-red sky
5 surrounded by the darkness of night 6 the night sky with clouds, stars and a moon
7 a beautiful house lit by lights from inside
8 full of brightness and soft white clouds
9 looks directly at the viewer
10 a sleeping village and a dark, lonely tree
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Vincent van Gogh
The Starry Night
In June 1889
The night sky with clouds, stars, a moon, a sleeping village and a dark lonely tree.
What he saw from the window because of mental illness
He thought it was a failure but others remains that it is famous
Complete the graphic organizer
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Painter
Time
Opinions
Inspiration
Content
Edvard Munch
The Scream
In 1893
A thin figure with an expression of fear, a bridge above a dark, stormy sea and against a burning orange-red sky.
His experience of walking with friends.
Not mentioned in the text.
Complete the graphic organizer
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Painter
Time
Opinions
Inspiration
Content
René Magritte
The Empire of Light
Between 1953 and 1954
A beautiful house lit by lights from inside, surrounded by the darkness of the night and a daytime sky full of brightness and soft white clouds.
His thoughts and ideas
The contrast between day and night in the paintings was surprising.
Complete the graphic organizer
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Painter
Time
Opinions
Inspiration
Content
Activity
After reading the descriptions, do you like or dislike them more? Give your reasons.
Vocabulary Help
artistic beauty
originality
emotional
atmosphere
dramatic
contrast
highlights
the painting makes me feel uneasy/inspired,
dark and troubling
failure
Powerful
mental world
Remember!!!
Your personal understanding and feelings matter!
Homework
Appreciate one of the masterpieces below based on the graphic organizer and write a description about it.
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