Unit One Art

art works/ masterpieces music gallery literature film buildings forms sculptures painting gallery art forms abstract / realistic/ impressionism artists

kinds of painting oil painting water color landscape cartoon figure drawing sketch 油画 水彩画 风景画 卡通 人物画 素描

color theme line shape detail realistic abstract religious conventional traditional nature modern

Match the works with the painter Xu Beihong Qi Baishi Zhang Daqian

match the paintings and the painters Picasso Van Gogh Monet Rembrant Leonardo Da Vinci

period Time AD5th----15th The Middle Ages 15th----16th The Renaissance Late 19th----early 20th Impressionism 20th ----today Modern art

Ages: Time: Artist: Characteristics: Middle Ages 5th to 15th century AD Giotto di Bondone religious themes, many religious symbols Created a feeling of respect and love for God.

Ages: the Renaissance Time: 15th to 16th century Artist: Masaccio realistic themes, humanistic perspective（透视） Ages: Time: Artist: Characteristics:

Time: Late 19th to early 20th Ages: Time: Artist: Characteristics: Ages: Impressionism Time: Late 19th to early 20th Artist: not mentioned Characteristics: painted outdoors, not detailed

Time: 20th century to today Artist: not mentioned Characteristics: Ages: Modern Art Time: 20th century to today Artist: not mentioned Characteristics: Abstract (that is) concentrates on certain qualities of the object very realistic: look like photographs Ages: Time: Artist: Characteristics:

Tell which period the following pictures belong to.And why.

Impressionism

The Middle Ages

The Renaissance

The Renaissance

Impressionism

Modern art

Leoardo da Vinci (1452-1519) expert awarwness detailed keen Italian, Renaissance. Characteristic of his painting: _________use of light, ___________of the human body and its ________feature ________understanding of how the human face registers emotion expert awarwness detailed keen

was composed of focused on usual Claude Monet French School of painting: impressionism Characteristic of painting: __________________small brush strokes _______________ordinary subject matter ___________visual angle added to his style was composed of focused on usual

Water Lilies

干草垛

Rembrandt Dutch Characteristic of painting: 1) __________ using a brown background to cause his paintings emerge from dark to light 2)__________ maintained a balance between painting tonally, with light and shade and painting in colour. excelled at masterfully

Pablo Picasso Spanish School of painting cubism Characteristic of painting attempt to represent all facets of an object on the same plane

Vincent Van Gogh Dutch School of painting post-impressionism Characteristic of painting had a deep passion for art itself painted with emotion and intensity

四只向日葵

有云雀的麦田

麦田上的乌鸦

满天星斗下的罗纳河

阅读训练上的文章（passage 3)

artist, school of painting How you appreciate the painting how it makes you feel what the artist is emphasizing artistic elements distance, colors, light, lines what purpose the art is fulfilling

A Short History of Western Painting ★What will be most likely introduced in the text? Some famous Chinese artists Different periods of Western painting Some famous Western artists Features(特点）of the Western painting All the styles of Western art What influenced the Western art

Who can predict what painting styles there will be in the future? What does the sentence refer to ? The writer thinks there will be no other style of painting in the future. B. The writer seems to laugh at the painting in the future. C. The writer believes there will be much more styles of painting in the future. D. In the future, the styles of painting will be interesting.

The writer pictures the western paintings in the four periods in order to______ Western painting is the essential part of western civilization. Western painting is the common language among western countries. Western painting is the picture of western life. Western painting is the beauty in itself. √

A. The Middle Ages B. The renaissance C. impressionism D. modern times the period when religion dominated the society the period when humanism dominated the society 3. the period when agriculture dominated the society 4. The period when industry began to dominate the society 5. the period when Gitto di Bondeon lived 6. the period when Massaccio lived 7. the period when the art is/was the most abstract

Are these statements true or false Are these statements true or false? Tick the correct ones and correct the mistakes. 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. many times √ full of religious symbols √

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 most people liked the impressionists’ paintings. 8.Modern art began with the impressionists. √ outdoors didn’t like √

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is a speaking picture. 画是无言的诗, 诗是有声的画。 2. 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。