Unit 7 Art, Architecture and Beauty

高等院校研究生英语系列教材综合教程（下）INTEGRATEDCOURSEUnit7Art,ArchitectureandBeautyContentStartingoutReadingFocusReadingMorePracticalTranslationFocusedWritingFinalProjectTask1Readthefollowingparagraph,anddiscusswithyourpartnerwhatartthereisinarchitecture.(Page193)StartingoutArchitectureisboththeprocessandtheproductofdesigningandconstructingspacesthatreflectfunctional,aestheticandenvironmentalconsiderations.Architecturerequirestheuseofmaterials,technology,textures,light,andshadow.Asaprocess,architecturealsoincludesthepragmaticelementsofdesign,suchasplanning,costandconstruction.Startingout—Task1Task2Thefollowingaresomequotesorsayingsaboutbeauty.Doyouagreewiththem?Explainyourreasonswithexamples.(P.193)–Beautyisintheeyeofthebeholder.–Beautyisnotintheface;beautyisalightintheheart.–Bypluckingherpetals,youdonotgatherthebeautyoftheflower.–Beautyandfollyaregenerallycompanions.Startingout—Task2LouvreLouvreMuseumisquitefamousworldwide.Listentoanintroductionaboutitcarefullyandcompletetheblank-fillingexercise.StartingoutTheGlassPyramidinLouvre:TheEgyptianpyramidisenormous,numberone,secondlyit’ssolid,it’s________.It’saplaceforthedead.ThispyramidattheLouvreisjusttheoppositeit’sglass,it’s____________.Thetransparencyisveryimportanthere,notonlyforthefunctionalreasonof_____________intothereceptionatthehall,butalsotobeableto____________,sothatyoucanseethe_______________oftheLouvre.astonetransparentbringinglightseethroughentirecomplexStartingoutWhatpeopleseeinLouvre:Whatarethesepeopledoinghere,whataretheylookingfor?A______________________byMichelangelo,oranoccasionforcourtship?Arethey_____________theVenusdeMiloasanexampleoflateHellenisticGreekart,oras________offemininebeautyrecognisablefromtwentiethcentury_______________?Aretheyherejusttosaythey’veseentheMonaLisa,orto___________asanexampleofanearlyRenaissanceportrait?disturbingmasterpieceinterestedinaniconStartingoutpopularcultureevaluateitWhatPeopleCanGetinLouvre:Wellpartofthedealonegetsfromgoingtoamuseumistoget____________,toconfirmone’sclaimsof______________.Partofbeingculturedseemstoinvolve_________________,beingabletoidentifyandgive______________ofthemostbeautifulandsignificantworks.someculturesophisticationknowingaboutartsomeaccountStartingoutHowthemostbeautifulandsignificantworksofartaredecided(I):boughtandsoldownauthorityexamplesofbeautyStartingoutTheseantiquestatueshavebeencopied,collected,_______________sinceantiquity.Andthislongprocessaddsits_____________,anauthoritywhichtellsustoadmiretheseworksnotonlyasantiquities,butalsoas__________________.Inthesixteenthandseventeenthcenturies,_____________werekingsandtheiradvisors,choosingorcommissioningpaintingsforpersonalreasons.Alternatively,theywerecommissionedas______________statements,tomakeapoint,orimpressvisitors.Otherswerearchaeologistsor______________,primarilyinterestedinunderstandingpastcultures.theselectorspropagandaarthistoriansStartingoutHowthemostbeautifulandsignificantworksofartaredecided(II):StartingoutHowthemostbeautifulandsignificantworksofartaredecided(III):Later,especiallyaftereighteenhundred,therewereprofessional_______________tryingtofilloutthecollection,asiftoillustratethepagesofahistoryofart.Ortherewere________,offeringthefruitsofalifetime’stastetothenation.museumcuratorsdealersThePoetryofArchitectureReadingFocusGlobalUnderstanding2DetailedInformation3CriticalThinking4LanguagePoints5ReadingFocusVocabularyinAction6BackgroundInformation1ListentoaparagraphfromThePoetryofArchitecturewrittenbyJohnRuskinandfillintheblanks.TheornamentsemployedinthedecorationoftheSwisscottagedonotdemandmuchattention;theyareusuallyformedinamost_______________,bythinlaths,whicharecarvedintoanyfancifulform,orinwhich_____________arecut,generallydiamondshaped;andtheyarethennailed________________togivethecarvingdepth.Pinnaclesareneverraised___________,thoughcarvedspikesareoccasionallysuspendedfromitattheangles.Noornamentalworkiseveremployedto________thebeamsoftheprojectingpartoftheroof,nordoesanyrunalong_________.Thegalleries,inthecantonofUri,areoccasionallysupportedonarchedbeamswhichhaveaverypleasingeffect.BackgroundInformationsimplemannerrowsofholesoneaboveanotherontheroofdisguiseitsedgesReadingFocus–GlobalUnderstanding1Theauthor’sopinionaboutthescienceofarchitecture2Theauthor’spurposeinwritingthearticle3Theimportanceoftheauthor’stask4ThereasonsforthestatusofarchitectureinEngland5Theauthor’sopinionoftheprincipleofarchitecturePartIItisnotmerelyascienceofthe_________________,itdoesnotconsistonlyintheobservationof___________________;itisascienceof_______________________.Theauthor’sopinionaboutthescienceofarchitectureReadingFocus–GlobalUnderstandingPartIITheauthor’spurposeinwritingthearticleHispurposeistoillustrateanddiscussthe___________________.ruleandcompassruleorfairproportionfeelingmorethanofrulepoetryofarchitecturePartIIIA.Architectureisat___________________inEngland.B.Theconsequenceofthemiserablylowebb:buildingsareplacedtogetheratrandom.Examples:a.___________________________besidepilastersofnoorderatall,surmountedbymonstrosifiedpepper-boxes.b.Sw