1. Module 6
Unit 1 Art

2. Warming up
What is art ?

3. your soul can I draw your eyes.
Only by understanding
your soul can I draw your eyes.
-Modigliani

4. Someone thinks art can be
realistic or abstract
literature
sculpture
opera
painting

5. A Short History of Western Painting
Pre-reading
Predict
A Short History of Western Painting
titles

6. Writing intention
Consequently, this text will describe only the most important ones, starting from the 6th century AD.
The history from the 6th AD to now.

7. Pre-reading
Predict
titles
subtitles

8. Q: How does the passage develop?
The Middle Ages
(5th to15th AD)
The Renaissance
(15th to 16th )
Impressionism
(19th to early 20th)
Modern art
(20th to today)
Time order

9. Pre-reading
Predict
titles
Pictures
subtitles

10. Look at the paintings. Can you guess what characteristics each picture has:

11. While-reading
Task 1
The Middle Ages
1. The aim was to represent _____________ themes
2. A ________ picture was full of ____________ symbols
religious
typical
religious

12. The Renaissance
What kind of attitude did people have to life at that time and what did this attitude lead to?
What kind of painting techniques was discovered?
What kind of painting style was also developed?
People adopted a more humanistic attitude to life; Painters tried to paint people and nature.
Perspective
Oil painting

13. The Renaissance
People began to concentrate less on religious themes and ____________ a more ____________ attitude to life.
One of the most important discoveries was the new ____________-----drawing things in __________.
adopt
humanistic
technique
perspective

14. 3. If the rules of perspective had not been discovered, people would not be able to paint such ___________ pictures
4. By _____________(碰巧), ________ paints were also developed
realistic
coincidence
oil

15. Impressionism
There were many new __________ and social changes, which in turn led to new painting styles.
2. The impressionists were the first painters to work __________, who were eager to show how _________ and ________ fell on objects at different times of day.
inventions
outside
shadow
light

16. 3. Their paintings were also ________ as _________ as those of earlier painters.
4. Many people disliked this style and said that the paintings were __________
not
detailed
rediculous

17. Modern Art
1. Today these paintings were accepted as the beginning of __________ _________ ________ “modern art”.
2. On the whole, there are two styles modern art. Some modern art is _________ ; that is, the painter does not ________ to paint objects as we see them.
what we
call
abstract
attempt

18. 3. Some paintings of modern art are so ___________ that they look like photographs.
realistic

19. Match the characteristics with the correct periods
Task 2
Match the characteristics with the correct periods

20. not detailed
religious
abstract
humanistic
realistic
Modern Art
Impressionism
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance

21. 《巴蒂斯塔布道》

22. 祭奠耶稣
犹大之吻
阿波罗与达芙妮

23. not detailed
religious
abstract
humanistic
realistic
Modern Art
Impressionism
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance

25. 《创世纪》

26. 西斯庭圣母

27. not detailed
religious
abstract
humanistic
realistic
Modern Art
Impressionism
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance

28. 珍 妮

31. not detailed
religious
abstract
humanistic
realistic
Modern Art
Impressionism
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance

33. 达达派
野兽派
照相写实主义

34. Which period does the painting belong to?
Task 3
Quiz
Which period does the painting belong to?

36. True or false
Western art has changed very little over the last 17th centuries.
2. Painting in the Middle Ages didn’t use
perspective.
3. In the renaissance most artists painted
indoors.
Task 4 F T T

37. These styles are so different.
True or false
4. Impressionists painted landscapes.
5. You cannot recognize any object in abstract modern art.
6. Abstract art is still an art style today. T
The painter does not attempt to paint
objects as we see them.
These styles are so different. T T

38. Believe in God. The Middle Ages
Why did they paint pictures about religion?
Believe in God.

39. Humanistic attitude The Renaissance
2. Why did these painters tend to paint people and nature as they really were?
Humanistic attitude

40. Without the Impressionists, many of painting styles might not exist.
The Impressionism
Modern Art
Without the Impressionists, many of painting styles might not exist.
Has a great
influence on
today’s paintings

41. Art is influenced by the customs and faith of a people
Conclusion
What influenced the art?
Art is influenced by
the customs and
faith of a people
a race