人教版(新教材)高中英语选修3Unit1 Art优质学案：Reading and Thinking-Comprehending

1、UNIT 1ART单元主题语境：人与社会一有突出贡献的人物 Beauty is the purpose of art and the driving force. 美是艺术的目的和推动力类文赏读话题导入MasterpiecesThe Starry Night was painted in June 1889 when Vincent van Gogh was staying at a home for the mentally ill.Van Gogh painted what he saw from his windowthe night sky with clouds, stars and

2、 a moon.However, he didn t just paint the clouds.He also painted the massive1 circles of white and yellow racing across the sky.The stars and the moon hang bright in the night sky.Beneath2 this amazing sky, we see a sleeping village and a dark, lonely tree.His unusual use of colour has led experts t

3、o think that Van Gogh s mental illness may have affected his sense of sight.He also took a drug that can make people see yellow spots, just like the stars in The Starry Night.Unfortunately, Van Gogh s unique3 paintings weren t very popular and he only sold one painting in his lifetime.He also though

4、t The Starry Night was a failure.However, the fact remains that The Starry Night is now one of the world s most famous paintings.The Scream was painted by Edvard Munch inWOftlLsfireamiThe figure covers his or her ears and looks directly at the viewer.This figure is set on a bridge above a dark, stor

5、my sea, and against a burning orange-red sky.In his diary, Munch talked about what inspired him. I was walking down the road with two friends when the sun set; suddenly the sky turned as red as blood.I stood there shaking.Then I heard the scream of nature. ”Many experts say that The Scream is connec

6、ted to Munch s mental health problems, which caused him a lot of pain.The Empire of Light is a series of paintings by Belgian artist Rene Magritte.Between 1953 and 1954, he painted the same scene 27 tiines.lt shows a beautiful house lit by lights from inside, surrounded by the darkness of night.What

7、 is strange is that above the house and the tree, we see a daytime skv full of brightness and soft white clouds.lt seems like quite a mysterious5 scene.Magritte was a painter inspired by his thoughts and ideas.His paintings were visual6 experiments as he tried to play with reality.His view was that

8、art should shock the viewers and challenge their sense of reality.The Empire of Light has produced different reactions in viewers.Some feel that the paintings look dark and troubling.Others, however, find them calming.As for Magritte himself, he thought that the change between day and night in the p

9、aintings was surprising. I call this power poetry, “ he said.（选自北师大版新教材必修第三册UNIT 7） |词汇积累|massive /maesiv/ adj.巨大的;大规模的beneath /bini:0/prep.& adv.在（正）下方unique /juniik/.独一无二的let out a scream发出尖叫声mysterious /mrstiarias / 申秘的visual/vi3ual/方.视觉的,视力的靓句背诵|What makes it striking is that it shows a thin fig

10、ure with an expression of fear-the figure s mouth is wide open and letting out a powerful scream.这幅画富有冲击力，画中有一个表情恐惧的瘦弱身影嘴巴大张，正发出强烈的尖叫声。 句式分析 What makes it striking 是 what 引导的主语从句，that it shows a thin figure w汕 an expression of fear 是 that 弓I 导的表语从句，the figure s mouth is wide open and letting out a p

11、owerful scream 是 expression 的同位语。What is strange is that above the house and the tree, we see a daytime sky full of brightness and soft white clouds.奇怪的是，在房子和树木之上，我们看到明亮的天空和柔软的白云。句式分析 What is strange 是 what 引导的主语从句，that above the house and the tree, we see a daytime sky full of brightness and soft w

12、hite clouds 是 that 引导的表语从句。Reading and Thinking-ComprehendingLearning Aims（学习目标）Learn some new words.Grasp the general idea of the passage.（重点难点）Learn some important sentences.（重点难点）目标一语境识词读前清障阅读以下课文原句，写出黑体词汇的汉语意思目标一语境识词读前清障In particular 9 his paintings are set apart from other paintings by their re

13、alistic human faces and deep emotional impact.尤其 使与众不同An important breakthrough during this period was the use of perspective by Masaccio(1401 1428).重大进展While painters as early as Da Vinci had used oil, this technique reached its height with Rembrandt(1606一1669), who gained a reputation as a master

14、of shadow and 岫(名誉Kings, nobles, and people of high rank wanted to purchase accurate pictures of themselves and the people they loved.贵族成员 地位，级别 购买From this, Impressionism emerged in France.出现After Impressionism, subsequent artists began to ask, u What do we do next? ”随后的，后来的目标二目标二目标二精深阅读课文理解目标二精深阅读

15、课文理解Taskl宏观架构整体理解I .Read the passage quickly and then fill in the blanks.II .The main idea of the passage is how Western art developed.Task 2微观剖析细节把握What set Giotto di Bondone s paintings apart from other paintings?A. His paintings mainly showed religious themes.B His paintings showed real people in

16、 a real environment.C. His paintings were to convey the light and movement in the scene.D. His paintings concentrated less on religious themes.K答案I BWhich wasn t the change in paintings during the Renaissance?The use of perspective.The use of oil paints.The subjects focused more on people and the wo

17、rld.The subjects focused more on religious themes.K答案X DWhich of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?The photography was invented in the 15th century.B The painters were interested in photography during the Renaissance.Claude Monet was a famous painter during the Middle Ages.Le

18、onardo da Vinci was a famous painter during the Renaissance.K答案H DWhat can we learn from the passage?A. The painters were interested in painting something indoors all the time.B The painting named Impression, Sunrise was a masterpiece of Impressionism.The paintings of all the impressionists were col

19、d.All artists were well aware what they would do next after Impressionism.K答案BTask 3 文本理解美句欣赏Read the passage carefully and find the sentences using “look like” and “unlike” . 终田读短文 并找出使用“looklike”和“unlike”的句子)With their deep colours and realism, some of the best oil paintings look like photographs.

20、 After that, paintings were no longer needed to preserve what people and the world looked like. Unlike the cold, black-and-white photographs of that time period, Renoir s paintings are full of light, shadow, colour, and life.Task 4读后升华思维品质I .After reading the passage 9 please fill in the following b

21、lanks.As there have been so many different styles of Western art, perhaps the best way l.to understand(understand) Western art is to look at the development of Western painting over the centuries.During the Middle Ages, the purpose of Western art was 2 ,to teach (teach) people about Christianity.Thi

22、s began to change in the 13th century with Giotto di Bondone.His paintings are set apart from other paintings by their 3.realistic(reality) human faces and deep emotional impact.Painters concentrated 4.1ess(little) on religious themes during the Renaissance.5.An important breakthrough was the use of

23、 perspective by Masaccio and another innovation was the use of oil paints.In subject matter, the emphasis 6,increasingly(increase) shifted from religious themes to people and the world around us.Photography was invented in the mid-19th centuiy, after 7.whichpaintings were no longer needed to preserve what people and the world looked like.Hence, Impressionism 8.emerged(emerge) in France.The name of this new movement came from the paint