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A short history of western painting Unit 1 Art A short history of western painting Reading 广东 林慧贤

What do we call these things? ---- paintings

Brain Storm painting painter Can you name some famous painting and painters?

Can you match the painting and the painters? Monet Can you tell the ages of the paintings?

Who are your favorite painters from China? Xu Beihong

Qi Baishi

Zhang Daqian

Why do you like them? …for their painting is very vivid, or their paintings show the real life of the nature or the people in the old days….

Comparison of Western and Chinese painting. Time Western Chinese 5th to 15th century AD 15th to 16th century Late 19th century to early 20th century Which do you think has a greater change? Why? 20th century to today

Let’s know some famous Western artists!

Giotto di Bondone 乔托·迪·邦多纳 犹大之吻

Giotto di Bondone (1267 - 1337). Florentine painter and architect Giotto di Bondone (1267 - 1337). Florentine painter and architect. He was recognized as the first genius of art in the Italian Renaissance. Giotto lived and worked at a time when people’s minds and talents were first being freed from the shackles of medieval restraint. He dealt largely in the traditional religious subjects, but he gave these subjects an earthly, full-blooded life and force.

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

Michelangelo Bounaroti (1475－1564) 米开朗基罗 Creation of Adam

Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520) 拉斐尔 The School of Athens

Masaccio(1401-1427), the first great painter of the Italian Renaissance, whose innovations in the use of scientific perspective inaugurated the modern era in painting.

Masaccio的作品： Madonna with Child and Angels Crucifixion

凡高《向日葵》

Match the words with the correct meanings: [A] [B] a. realistic b. abstract c. existence 1. state or fact of existing 2. lifelike, true to life 3. being in thought but having a physical or practical existence

d. detailed e. religious f. traditional 4. classical, of old beliefs 5. accurate, minute 6. sincere to believe in a god or gods

The Middle Ages 天使报喜 织锦画 圣母与圣婴

Compare the two paintings 《圣母子》中世纪 《蒙娜丽莎》文艺复兴 Gods are painted People are painted.

the Renaissance

赛艇--局斯塔夫·卡耶博特 莫瑞桥--阿尔弗莱德·西斯莱 蓬图瓦兹. 埃尔米塔日的坡地 --卡米耶·毕沙罗 Impressionism

戴帽的自画像--塞尚作 被称为”现代艺术的起源” Modern Art

Fast reading 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.

Skimming 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

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

Scanning 1. 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 _____. their painting were very abstract. their painting were very realistic. They broke away from the traditional style of painting. D. their paintings were very ridiculous.

3. In the Renaissance, painters___. 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. Giotto di Bondone. Masaccio. Claude Monet. D. Pablo Picasso

5. What does the text mainly tell us? How religious painting developed. How oil painting developed. How impressionist painting developed. D. How western art developed.

Detailed Reading: True or False 1. Western art has changed very little over the last seventeen centuries. 2. Painters in the Middle Ages painted mainly religious subjects. 3. Paintings in the Middle Ages were very realistic. 4. Renaissance painters tried to paint things in a realistic way. F T F T

5. Two important discoveries in the Renaissance period were oil paints and drawing in perspective. 6. Impressionists painted their pictures mainly indoors. 7. At first people did not like the impressionists’ paintings. 8. Modern art began with the impressionists. T F T T

Listen to the tape and fill in the chart: Ages Time Artist Feature Middle Ages Renaissance Impressionism Modern

Ages: Middle Ages Time: 5th to 15th century AD Artist: Giotto Feature: Religious, realistic

Ages: the Renaissance Time: 15th to 16th century AD Artist: Masaccio Feature: perspective, realistic

Ages: impressionism Time: Late 19th to early 20th Artist: not mentioned Feature: Not detailed, ridiculous

Ages: modern art Time: 20th century to today Artist: not mentioned Feature: controversial, abstract, realistic

Discussion of the text structure What is the text structured? It is a historical report. The first paragraph introduces the topic and the theme of the text and then state what the rest of the text will be about. The rest of the report presents the information in chronological order and relates this to the them of the change in artistic style reflecting cultural change.

Now can you tell which period the following pictures belong to?

Middle Ages                                                                                                                                                                 

Renaissance

Impressionism

Modern art

Now draw the history of western painting: Middle Ages,from 5th to 15th century. The Renaissance: from 15th to 16 century Impressionism: late 19th to early 20 century Modern Art: from 20th to today

The style of Western art has changed __________, while Chinese art has changed ________. Art is _________ by the way of ___ and ______. During the Middle Ages, the main ____ of painters was to _________________ themes. Artists were ___________ creating ______ and _____for God. many times less often influenced life beliefs aim represent religious interested in respect love

In the Renaissance, people became _______ more on _______and less on _______. Artists tried to paint ______ and ______ __ they really ____. Masaccio used __________ in his paintings which made people ________ they were ______________ a hole in the wall __ a real scene. focused religion humans people nature as were perspective convinced looking through at

In the late 19th century, Europe changed __________ from a mostly __________ society to a mostly ________ one. The ____________ were the first to paint ________. They had to paint ______ and their paintings were not __ ______________ of earlier painters. a great deal agricultural industrial impressionists outdoors quickly as detailed as those

Today people accept _____________ ________ as the _________ of _______ _______. Some modern art is _______while some is ___. impressionists’ paintings beginning modern abstract realistic art

Discussion Work in pairs: What styles of painting there will be in the future?

Homework Look for more information about paintings in http://tu.tom.com/list/culture.html Read the text more after class.