The Forms of Art

art

painting

architecture

photography

music

opera [ɔpərə] 歌剧

seal cutting 篆刻

……

dance sculpture

literature

paper cut

pottery( 陶器）

•oil painting

•water color

• landscape

•cartoon

•figure drawing

•sketch

油画

水彩画

风景画

卡通

人物画

素描

kinds of painting

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is a speaking picture.( 画是无言的诗，诗是有声的画。 )

Good painting is like good cooking; it can be tasted, but not explained.( 好的画犹如佳肴，可以品其美味，却无法解释。 )

Enjoy some paintings and describe them.

colour shape line nature realistic abstract detailed traditional rich religious unfinished modern

wonderful colorful attractivelifelike vivid (生动的，逼真的 ) fantastic imaginary mystic (神秘的 ) valuable

Adjectives to describe the paintings:

Xu Beihong

Famous painters from China

Qi Baishi

shrimp

Zhang Daqian

Giotto di Bondone乔托 · 迪 · 邦多纳

(Italian)

犹大之吻

religious

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452-1519)

Mona Lisa realistic

Claude Monet

Water Lilies荷花，睡莲

(French, 1840-1926)

not detailed

Dream

Pablo Picasso

Seated woman

(Spanish, 1881-1973)

abstract, rich in color, line and shape

Enjoy some paintings and describe them.

colour shape line nature realistic abstract detailed traditional rich religious unfinished modern

wonderful colorful attractivelifelike vivid (生动的，逼真的 ) fantastic imaginary mystic (神秘的 ) valuable

Adjectives to describe the paintings:

Reading （ page1 ）

A Short History of Western Painting

1. What’s the topic of the text and how is the information organized?

2. How many parts can it be divided into? And what’s the main idea?

1. What’s the topic of the text and how is the information organized?

It’s about the history of western painting and the information is organized according to the different periods of its history.

2. How many parts can it be divided into? And what’s the main idea?

Part 1( para.1) a general introduction of Western painting

Part 2(para.2-7) some of the main styles of Western painting

5th C AD 15th 16th 19th 20th

The Middle Ages

The Renaissance Impressionism

Modern Art

History Period

1. Remember the new words and expressions (page89-90)

2. Read the whole passage at least twice

3. Read Notes. Page 76-78.

4.报纸第 11 期 2 ， 3 版词汇和语法 .

5.课本 Page4 --- Exx.1 & 2 。

Homework

harmony and peace.

Chinese painting

about religion, human abstract, rich in color, oil, line and

shape

Western painting

about nature, such as mountain, water, bird-and-flower, etc.

The ten most expensive paintings in the history

坐在花园中的女人

Femme assise

daus un jardin

$ 49,500,000

Picasso (Spanish) 

梦

Dreaming

$ 51,700,000

Picasso (spanish) 

鸢尾 草 Irises$ 53,900,000

Van Gogh (Dutch)

双手交叉的女人

Femme aux bras croises 

$ 55,000,000

Picasso (Spanish)

窗帘，小罐和高脚盘 Rideau,cruchon et comportier

$ 60,500,000

Cezanne (French)

没有胡子的艺术家

Portrait de I’artistiesaus barbe

$ 71,500,000

Van Gogh (Dutch)

屠杀无辜者 Massacre of the innocents $ 76,700,000

Rubens ( Dutch)

红磨坊街的舞会 An Moulin de la galette

$ 78,100,000

Renoir (French)

加歇医生像

Portrait of Dr gachet

$ 82,500,000

Van Gogh (Dutch)

拿烟斗的男孩

Boy with a pipe

$104,000,000

Picasso (spanish) 

an art gallery a place where works of art are on exhibition

The Palace of Louvre

A.Leonardo da Vinci ( 达芬奇 ) B.Manet ( 莫奈 ) C.Picasso ( 毕加索 )D.Vincent Van Gogh ( 凡高 )

B C

D

Can you name some famous paintings and painters?

A