ART Warming up & Pre-reading

The aim of the dictation is to help you check your words.

1. 文艺复兴 2. 财产 3. 透视法 4. 巧合 5. 印象派 6. 阴影 7. 画像，数字 8. 大理石 9. 信心，信念 10. 采用，收养 11. 尝试，企图 12. 雕刻 13. 抽象的 14. 常规 / 传统的 15. 典型的 16. 荒谬的 17. 争论 / 争议的 18. 卓越 / 极好的 1. the Renaissance 2. possession 3. perspective 4. coincidence 5. impressionism 6. shadow 7. figure 8. marble 9. faith 10. adopt 11. attempt 12. carve 13. abstract 14. conventional 15. typical 16. ridiculous 17. controversial 18. superb

Dictation 1. 目标 2. 典型的 3. 采用 4. 拥有；支配 5. 大量 6. 努力；尝试 7. 另一方面 8. 预言；预告；预测 9. 确切的；特定的 10. 雕刻；刻记 11. 呼吁；求助； 对 …… 有吸引力 12. realistic 13. abstract 14. faith 15. consequently 16. evident 17. coincidence 18. ridiculous 19. figure 20. permanent

What is art? literature... painting architecture music sculpture Art

Art is the use of painting, drawing, sculpture etc to represent things or express ideas.

Q 1: What would you rather do … ? paint pictures make sculptures design buildings abstract

Q 2: If you were an artist, what kind of pictures would you paint?

Q 3: Can you describe the pictures below? These words might help you. realisticabstractlandscape detailedtraditionalline drawing richreligiousunfinished moderncolorshape

Fast reading: 1.The main idea of the text? 2.How many different styles of paintings are described in the text? What are they? 3. What’s the purpose of the writer? /Why does the writer write this passage? How Western paintings developed. In this text the writer wants the reader to understand____________________________ how culture affects artistic styles.

Careful reading: The characteristics of Western paintings of each style

The Middle Ages: The time: The theme(s): Characteristics: from 5 th to the 15 th century AD religion: creating/ showing respect and love for God full of religious symbols: not showing nature and people as they really were

The Renaissance: The time: The themes: Characteristics: from 15 th to 16 th century Less religious themes, more rich people, their possessions, their activities and achievements. 1. new ideas and values appeared; 2. humanistic attitude to life was adopted; 3. perspective was used in 1428; 4. oil paints were developed: making the colours in paintings richer and deeper.

The impressionism: The time: The themes: Characteristics: from late 19 th to early 20 th century how light and shadow fell on objects at different times of day 1. paintings were painted outdoors and quickly, but not in detail; 2. They were disliked by people and controversial.

Modern Art: The time: Themes: Characteristics: from 20 th century to today the environment: people and objects quite/ fairly different Abstract: Realistic: objects are not painted as we see them, but certain qualities of them are concentrated on, using colour, line and shape to represent them some paintings look like photos

Now can you tell which period the following pictures belong to? impressionism The middle ages Modern art The Renaissance