1. Unit 1
Art

2. painting
photography
pottery
sculpture
calligraphy
literature
embroider
art
fashion
music
opera
architecture
paper cutting

3. A Short History of Western Painting
___________
___________
oil painting
water color
landscape
cartoon
figure drawing
sketch

4. Chinese painting VS Western painting3 1 2 4 5

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

6. A Short History of Western Painting
___________
___________
___________
Changes
Different periods
Different characteristics

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

8. Why? Impressionism Starry Night Features: The paintings were not as
________ as those of
earlier painters.
not detailed
detailed
Why?
Starry Night

9. 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?

10. 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?

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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