Taste and Preferences
CHAPTER 8
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
By the end of the lesson, students will be able
to
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Distinguishing facts from theories
Explain the outline of the reading text
Part One
Look at the photo of painting by
Alphonso Doss, Healing the
sick.
Do you agree that Art
reflects religion belief?
Do you agree that people may
effectively express their
political views through Arts?
What Can We Learn form Art?
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Pre Reading activity
Target
Caves
Arabesques
Destination
archaeologist
Calligraphy
Headdress
Spelunker
Tunnel
Mosques
mamoths
spear
statues
cliff
worship
crawl
foretell
depict
admire
come upon
essential
Paleolithic
holy
exquisite
significant
functional
objective
subjective
2. Getting Meaning from Context
The following exercise helps us to define a word through its context.
In his well-known painting The Third of May, the Spanish artist Goya
depicted soldiers shooting a group of simple people.
What part of speech is depicted? (Noun, Verb, or adjective)
What kind of person might depict something?
What does depicted mean?
When we finish, we may check our definition in a dictionary.
3. Read the text entitled “What can We
Learn form Art? Interactions 2, pp. 164166.
3.1. Understanding Outlines:
On page 170 there is a possible outline for the reading selection. The
general topics are filled in. But the reading also contains many
subtopics that serve as supporting material. Use the list of subtopics
available on p. 169 to complete the outline.
3.3. Discuss with your friends the following
questions: (p. 172)
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2.
3.
Tell about art in your culture. Describe typical works of art
(paintings, statues, decorations on building, etc). What is the
function of art in your country? How does people view art?
Is thee cave art in your country? If so, tell your group about it.
What kinds of art do you prefer? Why?
Distinguishing fact from theories
Read the text “Window on the Stone Age”, p. 187 then fill the line
whether the following statements are facts or theories.
1. ______A small wind coming from a pile of rocks might indicate a
cave under the rocks
2. ______The Chauvert cave is more improtant than Lascaux in France
and Altamira in Span.
3. ______The art was in good condition when they discovered it.
4.______ Nobody had disturbed this art for up to 20,000 years.
5. ______The artists who created the paintings in the Chavuvert cave
had remarkable talent.
Part Two
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Discuss with your friends the following painting.
Joko Pekik, “The moment about 00.00 January
01, 2000.
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Does it support the idea that Art is a reflection of
change in society? Explain your answer.
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http://www.asianchristianart.org/exhibitions/asae
2001/pages/EarlyOf2000.htm
Part Three
Find one sample of paintings or art works by Indonesian
artist that reflects:
an expression of political view
or
a reflection of religious beliefs
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In your 200-word paragraph you will discuss:
- the title of paining
- the artist
- the date (year) of the painting
- the theme of the paining
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