Unit 1 Art
painting photography pottery sculpture calligraphy literature embroider art fashion music opera architecture paper cutting
A Short History of Western Painting ___________ ___________ oil painting water color landscape cartoon figure drawing sketch
Chinese painting VS Western painting 3 1 2 4 5
Chinese painting about nature, such as mountain, water, bird-and-flower, etc. harmony and peace. Western painting about religion, human abstract, rich in color, oil, line and shape
A Short History of Western Painting ___________ ___________ ___________ Changes Different periods Different characteristics
Period Time The Middle Ages AD5th---15th The Renaissance 15th---16th Impressionism Late 19th---early 20th 20th ---today Modern art
Why? Impressionism Starry Night Features: The paintings were not as ________ as those of earlier painters. not detailed detailed Why? Starry Night
Why? The Middle Ages Virgin and Child Features: religious The main aim of painters was to create _______________________. religious respect and love for God full of religious symbols Virgin and Child Why?
Why? The Renaissance Mona Lisa Features: People became _______ more on humans and less on religion. focused pay… to paint pictures of … and their __________ possessions Mona Lisa Why?
Modern art Seated Woman Features: abstract / realistic Some modern art is ________. Painters do not attempt to paint objects as we see them with our eyes. Painters concentrate on certain ________ of the object, using color, line and shape to represent them. abstract / realistic abstract On the other hand, some modern art is ________. Seated Woman realistic qualities
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