1. Fine Arts —Western, Chinese and Pop Arts
Module 4
Fine Arts —Western, Chinese and Pop Arts

2. Can you name some western or Chinese painters?
Fine arts
Can you name some western or Chinese painters?

3. Guessing Game Guess the painters according the paintings. Starry Night
Van Gogh

4. Mona Lisa's smile
Leonardo da Vinci

5. Weeping woman
Pablo Picasso

6. Horses
Xu Beihong

7. Shrimps
Qi Baishi

8. Reading: Match painting 1-4 with Paragraph A-D

9. A-2
This is a painting by the Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso, considered to be the greatest western artist of the twentieth century. Picasso and another painter, George Braque, started Cubism, one of the most important of all modern art movements. Cubist artists painted objects and people, with different aspects of the object or person showing at the same time.
What is Cubism?

10. Cubist artists painted objects and people, with different aspects of the object or person showing at the same time.

11. B-4
This painting by contemporary American artist Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) is a world famous example of pop art. Pop art (from the word "popular") was an important modern art movement that aimed to show ordinary twentieth-century city life. For example, it shows things such as soup cans and advertisements.
What is Pop art?

12. Pop art ("popular") was an important modern art movement that aimed to show ordinary twentieth-century city life.

13. C-1
Qi Baishi (1863–1957), one of China's greatest painters, followed the traditional Chinese style of painting. Chinese painting is known for its brush drawings in black inks and natural colors. Qi Baishi observed the world of nature very carefully, and his paintings are special because of this.
Why is Qi’s painting special?

14. D-3
Xu Beihong (1895–1953) was one of China's best-known twentieth-century artists. Like Qi Baishi, Xu painted in the traditional Chinese style. Both painters have a beautiful brush line. Xu Beihong believed that artists should show reality, but not just imitate it. Instead, a picture should try to show the "life" of its subject. He is most famous for his lively paintings of horses.
Discussion: What were the common things between Qi and Xu?

15. Read and fill in the blanks on P 39
Pablo
Picasso
the greatest 1. _______ artist of the 20th century
He and another painter 2. _______ Cubism.
He painted objects and people, with different 3. _______of the object or person showing at the same time.
Roy
Lichtenstein
a 4. _____________ American artist
His paintings belong to pop art.
He aimed to show 5. ________ 20th-century city life.
western
started
aspects
contemporary
ordinary

16. traditional observing best-known style horses Qi Baishi
one of China’s greatest painters
He painted in the 6. __________ Chinese style.
His paintings are special because of his 7. _________ the world of nature very carefully.
Xu Beihong
one of China’s 8. __________ 20th-century artists
His painting 9. ____ is like that of Qi Baishi.
He is most famous for his lively paintings of 10. ______.
traditional
observing
best-known
style
horses

17. Read and guess
Wu Hang is crazy about the paintings of___________
Sarah Hardwick thinks that a Chinese artist painted picture ________
Qi Baishi
three

18. Good painting is like good cooking, it can be tasted, but not explained.
Van Gogh

19. Language Points
This is a painting by the Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso, considered to be the greatest western artist of the twentieth century.
who is
有几个句子？considered在这句话中做什么成分？
consider vt. 认为
consider sb. \ sth. (to be\as) …
sb. is considered to be\as ….
Tom is a little bear, considered to be one of loveliest bears.
consider vt. 考虑
consider doing sth.
一个句子，做后置定语
认为…是…
考虑做…

20. consider vt. ______________n. 考虑；体谅
______________prep.考虑到
take sth./sb. into consideration
consideration
considering
把…纳入考虑范围
Considering the weather, we will go there tomorrow.
considerable adv.__________
相当的；非常的
a considerable amount of money

21. by的用法
by the lake\by the window
by now \ by then \by the time \by 3 o’clock
by bus\by car
by the hour\ by the week \ by the pound
by day\ by night
在… 旁边
He ______________ (finish) the book by now.
He ______________ (finish) 100 books by the time he was 6.
have finished
had finished
He gets paid by the hour.
during the day \ night

22. 2. Cubist artists painted objects and people, with different aspects of the object or person showing at the same time.
with复合结构由“with + 宾语 + 宾语补足语”
Don’t sleep with the door________(open).
He was listening attentively in class, with his eyes ____(fix) on the blackboard.
With many forests_______________ (destroy), many species of plants and animals are dying out.
John received an invitation to dinner, and with his work _____(finish), he gladly accepted it.
open
fixed
being destroyed
finished