1. Unit One Art

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

3. 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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

10. 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

11. 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:

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

13. Impressionism

14. The Middle Ages

15. The Renaissance

16. The Renaissance

17. Impressionism

18. Modern art

19. 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

20. 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

21. Water Lilies

22. 干草垛

23. 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

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

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

26. 四只向日葵

27. 有云雀的麦田

28. 麦田上的乌鸦

29. 满天星斗下的罗纳河

30. 阅读训练上的文章（passage 3)

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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.

34. 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. √

35. 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

36. 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 √

37. 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 √

38. 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。