选修6Unit1 Art

Unit1ArtliteraturemovieWhatisArt?Artisanexpressionofthesoul.Whensomethingiscreated,itisnotart.Itonlybecomesartwhenitisappreciatedbysomeoneotherthantheartist.Artisnothingwithoutappreciation.SoundsReasonable?artpaintingsculpturearchitecture…musicdanceliteraturemovieGoodpaintingislikegoodcooking;itcanbetasted,butnotexplained.好的画犹如佳肴，可以品其美味，却无法解释。徐悲鸿Chinesepaintings齐白石张大千MonaLisaLeonardodaVinciWesternpaintingsVincentvanGoghSunflowersPabloPicassoMasaccioMadonnawithChildandAngelsMichelangeloBounaroti(1475－1564)米开朗基罗CreationofAdamWhichstyleofpaintingsdoyouprefer,WesternOrChinese?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(TheLastSupper)StylesinWesternarthavechangedmanytimesSkimmingtogetgeneralideas1.What’sthetopicandhow’stheinformationorganized?It’saboutWesternpaintingandtheinformationisorganizedintimeperiod,fromearliesttopresenttime.2.HowmanystylesofWesternpaintingarementionedinthetext?Whatarethey?Four.TheyaretheMiddleAges,theRenaissance,ImpressionismandModernArt.ReadingComprehensionISkimming1.Thepaintingswithreligiousthemesmainlyappearduring______.A.theMiddleAgesB.theRenaissanceC.thelate1800sD.theearly1900s2.Drawingthingsinperspectiveisthemostimportantdiscoveryinthe_____century.A.5thB.16thC.19thD.20th3.Thebeginningof“ModernArt”arethe____paintings.A.ReligiousB.perspectiveC.ImpressionistD.ridiculousReadingComprehensionIISkimmingScanningtogetdetailinformation1.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?A.PaintingsinMiddleAgeswereveryrealistic.B.Westernarthaschangedalotsincethe5thcentury.C.Impressionistpaintingswerepaintedmainlyindoors.D.ModernartbeganintheRenaissance.ReadingComprehensionIIIScanning2.IntheRenaissance,painters______.A.paintedreligiousscenesinamorerealisticstyleB.focusedmoreonreligionthanonhumansC.begantopaintoutdoorsD.returnedtoclassicalRomanandGreekideasaboutart3.Atfirstmanypeoplehatedtheimpressionists’styleofpainting,because_____.A.theirpaintingswereveryabstractB.theirpaintingswereveryrealisticC.theybrokeawayfromthetraditionalstyleofpaintingD.theirpaintingswereveryridiculous4.____discoveredhowtomakepaintingslookmorerealbyusingperspective.A.GiottodiBondoneB.MasaccioC.ClaudeMonetD.PabloPicassoFurtherappreciationindetailsMaryandBabyJesusByGiottodiBondoneItaly1305PaintingsfromtheearlyMiddleAgesarefullofreligioussymbolsByLaffeloSantiPaintingsfromtheRenaissancearerealisticandthepaintersdrawtheminperspective.SunrisebyMonetClaudeinthe19thcenturyPaintingsfromtheImpressionismbreakawayfromthetraditionalstyle,andthepaintersareeagertoshowthenaturallight.PaintingsfromModernArtaredifferent.Ontheonehand,someareabstract,ontheotherhand,somearesorealistic.Canyoutellwhichperiodthefollowingpicturesbelongto?TheMiddleAgesImpressionismModernArtRenaissanceArtis__________bythecustomsandfaithofapeople.DuringtheMiddleAges,themainaimofpainterswasto_________religiousthemes,which____afeelingofrespectandlovefor______.influencedrepresentGodcreatedRetellthetextbyfillingthefollowingblanks.DuringtheRenaissance,peoplebeganto______amorehumanisticattitudetolife.Thepainterstriedto______peopleandnature____theyreallywere.Oneofthemostimportantdiscoveriesduringthisperiodwashowtodrawthings_______________.Iftherulesofperspective______________________,noonewouldhavebeenabletopaintsuch_______pictures.adoptpaintashadnotbeendiscoveredrealisticperspectiveinInthelate19thcentury,Europe__________________,fromamostlyagriculturalsocietytoamostlyindustrial____,leadingtoanewpaintingstyles—Impressionism.TheImpressionistswereeager_________howlightandshadow_______objectsatdifferenttimesofday.They_______paintquickly.changedtoshowhadtoagreatdealfellononeAlthough_____________whencreated,theImpressionistpaintingsare________asthebeginningof“modernart”,becausethey__________artiststolookattheirenvironmentinnewways.Modernartcanbe_______abstract___realistic.Thestylesarechanging.Canyou______whatpaintingstylestherewillbeinthefuture?controversialencouragedpredicteitheroracceptedPaintingissilentpoetry,andpoetryisaspeakingpicture.画是无言的诗，诗是有声的画