Unit 1 Art

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A short history

of western painting

A short history

of western painting

Unit 1 Art

Welcome!

When you look afar( 在远处 ),

the mountains are green and clear,

but no sound of the stream is heard when listening near,

the flowers remain in full bloom （盛放） when spring is away,

a human being’s approach the bird doesn’t fray （惊动，使…紧张） .

Riddle

Answer A Painting

近听水无声

春去花还在

人来鸟不惊

远看山有色

Let’s see what painting involves:

kinds Of

painting

oil painting

charcoal drawing（素描）

brush drawing

（水墨画）

landscape

cartoon

wash drawing

figure drawing

water color

graphic art( 形象艺

术画 )Imitating（临摹）

life drawingSketch

（素描）

• How much do you know about

Chinese painting?

Chinese painting

Qi Baishi

Zhang Daqian

Xu Beihong

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

It has the symbol of harmony ( 和谐） and peace.

Chinese paintings

• How much do you know about

Western painting?

达 · 芬奇：《蒙娜 · 丽莎》被誉为世界美术杰作之冠，表现了艺术家对女性美和人的丰富精神生活的赞赏；壁画《最后的晚餐》则反映了艺术家创造典型人物和戏剧性场面的能力，为后人学习的典范。

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) 毕加索

Picasso was the greatest art genius of the twentieth century.

Giotto di Bondone乔托 · 迪 · 邦多纳

犹大之吻

凡高《向日葵》

The School of Athens

Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520)

拉斐尔

Western paintings

rich in color, line and shape

About religion, human

detailed

realistic

A short history of Western Painting

first-reading1. What were the artists interested in from

5th to 15th century AD? Creating _______

and ____ for God.

2. How did Masaccio paint his paintings? He

drew things in __________, which makes

pictures very _______.

respect

love

perspective

realistic

changespaint

3. Why did the impressionists have to paint quickly? Because the natural light _______ quickly, they had to _____ quickly.

Single choice1. Which of the following statements is

true?A. Paintings in Middle Ages were very

realistic.B. Western art has changed a lot since

the 5th century.C. Impressionist paintings were painted

mainly indoors.D. Modern art began in the Renaissance.

2. At first most people hated the

impressionists’ style of painting,

because _____.

A. their painting were very abstract.

B. their painting were very realistic.

C. They diden’t break away from the

traditional style of painting.

D. their paintings were very ridiculous.

3. In the Renaissance, painters ___.

A. painted religious scenes in a more

realistic style.

B. focused more on religion than on

humans.

C. began to paint outdoors.

D. returned to classical Roman and

Greek ideas about art.

4. ____ discovered how to make

paintings look more real by using

perspective.

A. Giotto di Bondone.

B. Masaccio.

C. Claude Monet.

D. Pablo Picasso

5. When did people focus more on people and less on religion?

A.From 5th to 15th century AD.B.From 15th to 16th century.C. From late 19th to early 20th century.D. From 20th century to today.

Tell whether the statements True or

False according to the text.

1. Western art has changed very little over the last seventeen centuries.

2. Painters in the Middle Ages did not use perspective.

3. Impressionists painted landscapes.4. You cannot recognize any object in

abstract modern art.

F

T

F

F

5. In the Renaissance most artists

painted indoors.

6. Abstract art is still art style today.

T

F

Now can you tell which period the

following pictures belong to?

Middle Ages

Renaissance

Impressionism

Modern art

second-reading: read the passage for the second time and solve the following questions.1.What’s the main idea of the text?

The style of Western art has changed a lot

with time going by.2. How many styles of Western painting are

mentioned in the text? What are they?Four. They are:

The Middle Ages, The Renaissance,

Impressionism and Modern art.

5th C AD15th 16th 19th 20th

The Middle AgesThe Renaissance

ImpressionismModern Art

3.Now draw the history of westen paintings.

What is the most important art?

Life.

Discussion

Homework

1.Read the text more after class.

2. Try to retell the history of westen paintings.