Unit 1 Art Reading A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTING

Warming up What is art? Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions， especially in visual form, e.g painting, sculpture, or architecture.

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Skimming to get general ideas

Reading Comprehension I Skimming Reading Comprehension I What’s the topic and how’s the information organized? It’s about Western painting and the information is organized in time period, from earliest to present time. 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.

Reading Comprehension II Skimming Reading Comprehension II 1.The paintings with religious themes mainly appear during ______. A. the Middle Ages B. the Renaissance C. the late 1800s D. the early 1900s 2. Drawing things in perspective is the most important discovery in the _____ century. 5th B. 16th C.19th D. 20th 3. The beginning of “Modern Art” are the ____paintings. Religious B. perspective C. Impressionist D. ridiculous

Scanning to get detail information

Reading Comprehension III Scanning Reading Comprehension III 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. 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.

3. At first most people hated the impressionists’ style of painting, because _____. their paintings were very abstract. their paintings were very realistic. They broke away from the traditional style of painting. D. their paintings were very ridiculous. 4. ____discovered how to make paintings look more real by using perspective. A. Giotto di Bondone. B. Masaccio. C. Claude Monet. D. Pablo Picasso

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

Reading Comprehension IV Scanning Reading Comprehension IV Complete the chart below. Period Time Characteristics of the paintings Middle Ages Renaissance Impressionism Modern

Period Time Characteristics of the paintings Middle Ages Renaiss-ance 1 religious themes 2 many religious symbols 5th-15th century 1 realistic themes 2 perspective 3 new oil paints 15th-16th century

Period Time Characteristics of the paintings Impress-ionism Modern Art 1 painted outdoors 2 painted changes in light 3 not detailed Late 19th-early 20th century 1 abstract: concentrated on qualities of the object 2 very realistic: like photographs 20th century-today

Careful reading Read the text and choose the correct answers. B 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 _____. A. their painting were very abstract B. their painting were very realistic C. they broke away from the traditional style of painting D. their paintings were very ridiculous C

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 D

4. ____ discovered how to make paintings look more real by using perspective. A. Giotto di Bondone B. Masaccio C. Claude Monet D. Pablo Picasso B

5. What does the text mainly tell us? A. How religious painting developed. B. How oil painting developed. C. How impressionist painting developed. D. How Western art developed. D

Tell the sentences true or false. 1. Western art has changed very little over the last seventeen centuries. 2. Paintings in the Middle did not use perspective. 3. Impressionists painted landscapes. 4. You cannot recognize any object in abstract modem art. 5. In the Renaissance most artists painted indoors. 6. Abstract art is still an art style today. F T T T T T

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

Post-reading: Write a summary. Do not include your own opinion, but be sure to use our own words (about 30words.) (不能添加自己的见解，但是要用自己的语言概括. 大约30个词左右） The text describes four of the major movements in western art over the past 1600years and tells us social ,political ,and cultural changes are related to change in artistic style(31)

Complete the passage and then retell the text accordingly. Art is __________ by the customs and faith of a people. During the Middle Ages, the main aim of painters was ___________ religious themes, which _______ a feeling of respect and love for ______. influenced to represent created God

During the Renaissance, people began to _______a more humanistic attitude to life. The painters tried to ______ people and nature ____ they really were. One of the most important discoveries during this period was how to draw things ____ ___________. If the rules of perspective ______________________, no one would have been able to paint such _______ pictures. adopt paint as in perspective had not been discovered realistic

In the late 19th century, Europe________ ___________, from a mostly agricultural society to a mostly industrial _____, leading to a new painting styles — Impressionism. The Impressionists were eager _________ how light and shadow _______ objects at different times of day. They _________ paint quickly. changed a great deal one to show fell on had to

controversial accepted encouraged either or predict Although _____________ when created, the Impressionist paintings are ________ as the beginning of “modern art”, because they __________ artists to look at their environment in new ways. Modern art can be _______ abstract ___ realistic. The styles are changing. Can you ______ what painting styles there will be store in the future? controversial accepted encouraged either or predict