1. Welcome to the art gallery !

2. Book6 Unit1 ART
--A Short
History of
Western Painting

3. Step 1: Warning up: What is your choice?
Which of the following paintings would you choose to beautify our classroom?
Some words to help you:
realistic, abstract; nature, religious;
detailed, unfinished; traditional, modern; rich in line/ color/ shape

4. No.1
Sketch 素描
Leonardo da Vinci

5. No.2
Oil painting 油画
The Last Supper

6. No.3
Woodcut 板画

7. No.4
Lacquer painting 漆画

8. No.5
Water ink painting
水墨画
/国画
Traditional Chinese painting

9. No.6
Watercolor painting
水彩画

10. No.7
Gouache
水粉画

11. Step 2: Before reading: read the title and the first paragraph to get the main idea and read the subtitles to learn the structure.
The Middle Ages ( 5th - 15th AD)
A short history of western painting
The Renaissance ( 15th -16th)
Impressionism( late 19th – early 20th)
Modern art ( 20th - today)

12. Why has the style of Western art changed more often than Chinese art?
Step 3: Fast reading
Listen to the tape, and answer the question:
Why has the style of Western art changed more often than Chinese art?
Because the way of life and beliefs and values of people in the West has changed more often than in China.

13. Step 4: Intensive reading
1. Finish the form according to the different styles of painting

14. Characteristic 5th--15th century Main aim: to ____________
Period
Painting style
Characteristic
Representative painter
5th--15th century
The Middle Ages
Main aim: to ____________
_________________
Interested in_____________
_________________________
15th--16th century
The Renaissance
Focused_________________;
Painted _________________
as_____________________;
Two important discoveries:

15. Characteristic The first to paint __________;
Period
Painting style
Characteristic
Representative painter
late 19th -early 20th century
Impressionism
The first to paint __________;
Wanted to show___________
___________________________
Paintings were not so ____________as before.
20th century- today
Modern art
_________modern art styles;
Some abstract: not paint as _________________;concentrate on_________________________
Some realistic: look almost like

16. Characteristic 5th--15th century Main aim: to ____________
Period
Painting style
Characteristic
Representative painter
5th--15th century
Main aim: to ____________
________________
Interested in_____________
_______________________
Focused_________________;
Painted _________________
as_____________________;
Two important discoveries:
_________________________
represent religious themes
The Middle Ages
Giotto di Bondone
creating respect and love for God
more on humans
15th --16th century
The Renaissance
people and nature
Masaccio
they really were
perspective ; oil painting

17. Characteristic The first to paint __________; outdoors
Period
Painting style
Characteristic
Representative painter
The first to paint __________;
Wanted to show____________
___________________________
Paintings were not so ____________as before.
__________modern art styles;
Some abstract: not paint as _________________;concentrate on_________________________
Some realistic: look almost like
______________________
late 19th-early 20th century
outdoors
Impressionism
how light and shadow fell on objects
detailed
Scores of
Modern art
20th -- today
we see with our eyes
certain qualities of the object
a photograph

18. 2. Scan the text to finish the True-or-False questions on SB p.3

19. 3. Choose the words or phrases that have the similar meanings to the underlined words in the text.

20. 1) People became focused more on humans and less on religion.
A. Put one’s hands …on
B. concentrated …on
C. depended…on
2) When people first saw his paintings they were convinced they were looking through a hole in the wall at a real scene.
A. Suggested B. told
C. persuaded to believe

21. 3) In the late 19th century, Europe changed a great deal from a mostly agricultural society to a mostly industrial one.
a great many B. a lot C. plenty of
4) At the time they were created, the impressionists’ paintings were controversial, but today they are accepted as the beginning of what we now call “modern art”.
A. hard to believe B. easy to accept
C. causing public argument

22. 5) Some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter does not attempt to paint objects as we see them with our eyes.
A. intend B. tried C. hope
6) It is interesting to predict what styles of painting there will be in the future.
A. tell B. guess
C. say in advance

23. Step 5: Review and discuss
1. Review the different painting styles and keep them in mind.

24. characteristics painting styles The Middle Ages
1. Main aim: to represent religious themes.
2. Interested in: creating respect and love for God.
The Renaissance
1. Focused more on humans and less on religion;
2. Painted people and nature as they really were;
3. Two important discoveries:oil paints and drawing things in perspective

25. characteristics styles Impressionism
1. The first artists to paint outdoors;
2. Wanted to show how light and shadow fell on objects.
3. Paintings were not so detailed as those of earlier painters.
Modern art
1. There are scores of modern art styles
2. Some is abstract: not paint as we see with our eyes ; concentrate on certain qualities, using color, line and shape.
3. Some is realistic: looks almost like a photograph.

26. 2. Use these characteristics to tell which painting style each of the following paintings belongs to.

27. Mona Lisa

29.          
         
         
中世纪绘画

31. Step 6: Homework
Topic 1: Retell the passage:
A short history of western painting
Topic 2: Introduce one of your favorite artists, either Chinese or Western.

32. Thank you!
Goodbye!