T
3. Impressionists painted landscapes. F
4. You cannot recognize any object in
abstract modern art. F
5. In the Renaissance most artists painted indoors. T
8. What does the text mainly tell us? A. How religious painting developed. B. How oil painting developed. C. How impressionist painting
developed. D. How western art developed.
People are painted.
Impressionism outdoors
Modern Art
Comparison of Western and Chinese painting.
Time
Western Chinese
5th to 15th century AD
15th to 16th century Late 19th century to early 20th century
In the Renaissance, people became _fo_c_u_s_e_d_ more on _re_l_ig_i_o_n_and less on _h_u_m_a_n__s . Artists tried to paint _p_e_o_p_le_ and _n_a_tu_r_e_ _a_s they really w__e_r_e. Masaccio used _p_e_r_sp_e_c_t_iv_e_ in his paintings which made people c_o_n_v_i_n_c_e_d they were _lo_o_k_i_n_g_t_h_r_o_u_g_h_ a hole in the wall _a_t a real scene.
D. Modern art began in the Renaissance.
2. At first most people hated the impressionists’ style of painting, because _____.
A. their painting were very abstract. B. their painting were very realistic. C. They broke away from the
Detailed Reading: True or False
1. Western art has changed very little
over the last seventeen centuries. F
2. Painters in the Middle Ages did not
use perspective.
A. Paintings in Middle Ages were very realistic.
B. Western art has changed a lot since the 5th century.
C. Impressionist paintings were painted mainly indoors.
a god or gods
Skimming
1. What were the artists interested in from 5th to 15th century AD? Creating _r_e_sp__ec_t_ and _lo_v_e_ for God.
2. How did Masaccio paint his paintings? He drew things in_p_e_r_sp__ec_t_i_v_e, which makes pictures very _re_a_l_is_t_ic_.
In the late 19th century, Europe changed a__g_r_e_a_t_d_e_a_l from a mostly a_g_r_i_c_u_lt_u_r_a_l society to a mostly i_n_d_u_s_t_ri_a_l one. The _im__p_r_e_ss_i_o_n_is_t_s were the first to paint o_u_t_d_o_o_r_s_. They had to paint q_u_i_c_k_l_y and their paintings were not _a_s d_e_t_a_il_e_d_a_s__th__o_se_ of earlier painters.
7. Most people hate the impressionists’ style of painting at first because they thought _____. A. their paintings were very abstract B. their paintings were very realistic C. they broke away from the traditional style of painting D. their paintings were very ridiculous
Unit 1 Art
• In your point of view, what is art?
Dance
dancer
Architecture
Architect
sculpture sculptor
Painting painter
paper cutting
paper cutter
Literature
traditional style of painting. D. their paintings were very ridiculous.
3. In the Renaissance, painters___. A. Painted religious scenes in a more
realistic style. B. focused more on religion than on
A. Giotto di Bondone. B. Masaccio. C. Claude Monet. D. Pablo Picasso
5. According to the text, art is influenced less likely by ______.
A. social changes B. the way of life C. agriculture D. beliefs of people 6. When did people focus more on people
century AD Artist: Masaccio Feature: perspective,
realistic
Ages: impressionism Time: Late 19th to
early 20th Artist: not mentioned Feature: Not detailed,
3. Why did the impressionists have to paint quickly? Because the natural light _c_h_a_n_g_e_s quickly, they had to _p_a_in_t_ quickly.
Scanning
1. Which of the following statements is true?
• writer • author • story-
teller
clay art potter
Photography
Photographer
Art---artist
• Dance • Architecture • sculpture • Painting • paper cutting • Literature • clay art • Photography
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Impressionism
Байду номын сангаас
Modern art
Now draw the history of western painting:
Middle Ages, from 5th to 15th century.
The Renaissance: from 15th to 16 century
humans. C. began to paint outdoors. D. returned to classical Roman and
Greek ideas about art.
4. ____discovered how to make paintings look more real by using perspective.
• dancer • Architect • sculptor • painter • paper cutter • writer • potter • Photographer
Painting
The middle ages
Focus on what?
Religion宗教
The Renaissance
Modern Art: from 20th to today
Impressionism: late 19th to early 20 century
Styles in Western art have changed _m_a_n_y__ti_m__e_s. Art is _in__fl_u_e_n_c_e_d by the _c_u_s_to_m__s_ and _f_a_it_h__o_f_a_p_e_o_p_l_e___. During the Middle Ages, the main _a_im__ of painters was to _r_ep__re_s_e_n_t_r_e_l_ig_i_o_u_s_ themes. Artists were _in_t_e_r_e_st_e_d__in_ creating r_e_s_p_e_c_t and _l_o_v_e_for God.