Unit 1 Art Reading and Thinking 课文学案-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版选择性必修第三册

选修三 unit 1 A Short History of Western Painting--Reading and thinking

Pre-reading：  

The text mainly tells us _____  major styles of  _______________ , showing the __________________ of it.

1. The author’s main purpose in writing this passage is to _____.

A. to advertise the course of painting

B. to make you amused

C. to tell you how to paint pictures

D. to introduce you some information about western painting

 

2. What's the order of this article?

A. time order      B. spatial order空间      C. logical order

 

3. Match

Part 1(Para.1)　                    A．The Renaissance

Part 2(Para. 2)                         B．The Middle Ages

Part 3(Paras. 3～5)                     C．Introduction

Part 4(Paras. 6～7)                     D．Modern Art

Part 5(Para. 8)                        E．Impressionism

 

4. Answer the following questions.

Q1: What is Western art?

 

 

Q2: What is the best way to understand Western art?

 

 

Q3: What will the following parts focus on?

 

 

5. Read and fill in the form.

the Middle Ages  

The Middle Ages
Time
Characteristics of the paintings	1. primitive and _____________ 2. main characters were____________ 3._________themes 4. showed ____________ in a ________________(13th century )
Artists

6. the Renaissance

1）. Painters in Renaissance began to focus on _____ .

    A. religion    B. humans      C. nature    D. science

 

2)  . What are theTWO important discoveries in the Renaissance?

A. Perspective.          B. Oil paint.      C. Religious symbols.       D. Impressionist.

3) .

The Renaissance
Time
Characteristics of the paintings	1. less ______________ 2. more _________________ to life 3.use of _____________; use of __________ 4. deep _________ and___________; 5. look like ___________ 6. emphasis shifted to__________
Artists

 

 

7. Impressionism

Impressionism
Time
Reasons	1. invention of _______________ 2. Paintings were not needed to____________________________
Characteristics of the paintings	1.aimed to convey ___________________    rather than _______________________ 2. painted scenes of  ______________________ 3. full of  _______________________________ 4. showed not just ____
Artists

 

8. Modern art

Modern art
Time
Characteristics of the paintings	1.analyse the _____________ which existed in the natural world but in a new way, with ___________ 2. gave their paintings a_____________ but ______________ quality 3. turn to __________________
Artists

 

9. Match the main painting style with each stage

The Middle Ages       A. Subjective

The Renaissance       B. Abstract and realistic

Impressionism           C. More humanistic

Modern Art            D. Religious themes

10. Who are the target readers of this passage?