选修6Unit1 Art

1、Unit1 Art Unit1 Art literaturemovieWhat is Art?Art is an expression of the soul.When something is created, it is not art. It only becomes art when it is appreciated by someone other than the artist.Art is nothing without appreciation. Sounds Reasonable?artpainting sculpturearchitecturemusicdance lit

2、eraturemovieGood 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。徐悲鸿徐悲鸿Chinese paintings齐白石齐白石张大千张大千Mona LisaLeonardo da VinciWestern paintings Vincent van Gogh Sunflowers Pablo Picasso MasaccioMadonna with Child and AngelsMichelangelo Bounaroti (14751564) 米

3、开朗基罗米开朗基罗 Creation of AdamWhich style of paintings do you prefer, Western Or Chinese ? 画面在秩序井然的外表下带动观者去体察灵魂深处奥秘的理智与热情。画面占据了整个墙壁，赫然面对观众，背景中达芬奇娴熟地运用了透视法，使符合焦点透视规则的建筑结构与壁挂装饰宛如食堂真实空间的延伸，直到消失于窗外优美的风景。这就使得晚宴的场景不是发生在单幅画面封闭的空间里，而是发生在整个食堂，一旦进入，你就成为了其中一分子。最后的晚餐 (The Last Supper) Styles in Western art have cha

4、nged many timesSkimming to get general ideas1. Whats the topic and hows the information organized?Its about Western painting and the information is organized in time period, from earliest to present time.2. How many styles of Western painting are mentioned in the text? What are they?Four. They are t

5、he Middle Ages, the Renaissance, Impressionism and Modern Art.Reading Comprehension ISkimming1. The paintings with religious themes mainly appear during _. A. the Middle Ages B. the Renaissance C. the late 1800s D. the early 1900s2. Drawing things in perspective is the most important discovery in th

6、e _ century. A. 5th B. 16th C.19th D. 20th3. The beginning of “Modern Art” are the _ paintings. A. Religious B. perspective C. Impressionist D. ridiculousReading Comprehension IISkimmingScanning to get detail information1. Which of the following statements is true?A. Paintings in Middle Ages were ve

7、ry realistic.B. Western art has changed a lot since the 5th century.C. Impressionist paintings were painted mainly indoors.D. Modern art began in the Renaissance.Reading Comprehension IIIScanning2. In the Renaissance, painters _.A. painted religious scenes in a more realistic styleB. focused more on

8、 religion than on humansC. began to paint outdoorsD. returned to classical Roman and Greek ideas about art 3. At first many people hated the impressionists style of painting, because _.A. their paintings were very abstractB. their paintings were very realisticC. they broke away from the traditional

9、style of paintingD. their paintings were very ridiculous4. _ discovered how to make paintings look more real by using perspective.A. Giotto di Bondone B. MasaccioC. Claude Monet D. Pablo PicassoFurther appreciation in detailsMary and Baby JesusBy Giotto di Bondone Italy 1305Paintings from the early

10、Middle Ages are full of religious symbolsBy Laffelo SantiBy Laffelo SantiPaintings from the Renaissance are realistic and the painters draw them in perspective.Sunrise by Monet Claude in the 19th centuryPaintings from the Impressionism break away from the traditional style, and the painters are eage

11、r to show the natural light.Paintings from Modern Art are different. On the one hand, some are abstract, on the other hand, some are so realistic. Can you tell which period the following pictures belong to? The Middle AgesImpressionism Modern Art Renaissance Art is _ by the customs andfaith of a peo

12、ple. During the Middle Ages, the main aim of painters was to _ religious themes, which _ a feeling of respect and love for _. influencedrepresentGodcreatedRetell the text by filling the following blanks. During the Renaissance, people began to _ a more humanistic attitude to life. The painters tried

13、 to _ people and nature _ they really were. One of the most important discoveries during this period was how to draw things _ _. If the rules of perspective _, no one would have been able to paint such _ pictures.adoptpaintashad not been discoveredrealisticperspectivein In the late 19th century, Eur

14、ope _, from a mostly agricultural society to a mostly industrial _, leading to a new painting styles Impressionism. The Impressionists were eager _ how light and shadow _ objects at different times of day. They _ paint quickly.changedto showhad toa great deal fell onone Although _ when created, the Impressionist paintings are _ as the beginning of “modern art”, because they _ artists to look at their environment in new ways. Modern art can be _ abstract