Unit One
Art
works/ masterpieces
gallery
art
forms
abstract / realistic/artists
impressionism
music
literature
film
buildings
sculptures
painting
kinds of painting
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oil painting
water color
landscape
cartoon
figure drawing
sketch
油画
水彩画
风景画
卡通
人物画
素描
Color
theme
Line
shape
detail
realistic
abstract
religious
conventional
traditional
nature
modern
Match the works with
the painter
Xu Beihong
Qi Baishi
Zhang
Daqian
match the paintings and
the painters
Picasso
Van Gogh
Rembrant
Monet
Leonardo
Da Vinci
• 阅读训练上的文章（passage 3)
Leoardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Italian, Renaissance.
Characteristic of his painting:
_________use
of light,
expert
___________of
________feature
awarwness the human body and its detailed
________understanding
of how the human face registers
keen
emotion
Claude Monet
French
School of painting:
impressionism
Characteristic of painting:
was composed of
__________________small
brush strokes
_______________ordinary
subject matter
focused on
___________visual
angle added to his style
usual
Rembrandt
Dutch
Characteristic of painting:
1) __________
excelled at using a brown background to cause
his paintings emerge from dark to light
2)__________
masterfully maintained a balance between
painting tonally, with light and shade and painting
in colour.
Pablo Picasso
Spanish
School of painting
cubism
Characteristic of painting
attempt to represent all facets of an object on the
same plane
Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch
School of painting
post-impressionism
Characteristic of painting
had a deep passion for art itself
painted with emotion and intensity
1. artist, school of painting
2. How you appreciate the painting
 how it makes you feel
 what the artist is emphasizing
 artistic elements
distance, colors, light, lines
 what purpose the art is fulfilling
★What will be most likely introduced in the text?
Some famous Chinese artists
Different periods of Western painting
Some famous Western artists
Features(特点）of the Western painting
All the styles of Western art
What influenced the Western art
Time
period
AD5th----15th
The Middle Ages
15th----16th
The Renaissance
Late 19th----early
20th
20th ----today
Impressionism
Modern art
Ages:Middle Ages
Time:
5th to 15th century AD
Artist:
Giotto di Bondone
Characteristics:
religious themes,
many religious symbols
Created a feeling of
respect and love for God.
Ages: the Renaissance
Time: 15th to 16th
century
Artist: Masaccio
Characteristics:
realistic themes,
humanistic
perspective（透视）
Ages: Impressionism
Time: Late 19th to
early 20th
Artist: not mentioned
Characteristics:
painted outdoors,
not detailed
Ages: Modern Art
Time: 20th century to
today
Artist: not mentioned
Characteristics:
Abstract (that is)
not concentrates on
certain
qualities of the object
very realistic:
look like photographs
Who can predict what painting styles
there will be in the future?
What does the sentence refer to ?
A. The writer thinks there will be no
other style of painting in the future.
B. The writer seems to laugh at the painting
in the future.
C. The writer believes there will be much more
styles of painting in the future.
D. In the future, the styles of painting will be
interesting.
The writer pictures the western paintings in the
four periods in order to______
A. Western painting is the essential part of
western civilization.
B. Western painting is the common language
among western countries.
C. Western painting is the picture of western
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life.
D. Western painting is the beauty in itself.
A. The Middle Ages
C. impressionism
B. The renaissance
D. modern times
1. the period when religion dominated the society
2. the period when humanism dominated the society
3. the period when agriculture dominated the society
4. The period when industry began to dominate the
society
5. the period when Gitto di Bondeon lived
6. the period when Massaccio lived
7. the period when the art is/was the most abstract
Are these statements true or false? Tick the
correct ones and correct the mistakes.
1.Western art has changed very little over the
last seventeen centuries.
many times
2.Painters in the Middle Ages painted mainly
religious subjects.
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3.Paintings in the Middle Ages were very
realistic. full of religious symbols
4.Renaissance painters tried to paint things in a
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realistic way.
5.Two important discoveries in the Renaissance
period were oil paints and drawing in perspective.
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6.Impressionists painted their pictures mainly
indoors.
outdoors
7.At first most people liked the impressionists’
paintings.
didn’t like
8.Modern art began with the impressionists.
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Tell which period the following pictures belong to.And why.
Impressionism
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
The Renaissance
Impressionism
Modern art
1.Painting is silent poetry,
and poetry is a speaking picture.
画是无言的诗, 诗是有声的画。
2. Good 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。