Zhang Daqian
Why do you like them? …for their painting is very vivid, or their paintings show the real life of the nature or the people in the old days….
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
Which do you to think has a greater 20th century change? today Why?
3. Why did the impressionists have to
paint quickly?
Because the natural light _______ changes quickly, they had to _____ paint quickly.
Scanning
1. Which of the following statements is true? 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. D. Modern art began in the Renaissance.
4. ____ discovered how to make paintings look more real by using perspective. 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 and less on religion? A.From 5th to 15th century AD. B.From 15th to 16th century. C. From late 19th to early 20th century. D. From 20th century to today.
7. 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.
Masaccio的作品：
Madonna with Child and Angels
Crucifixion
凡高《向日葵》
Match the words with the correct meanings:
[A] a. realistic b. abstract [B] 1. lifelike, true to life 2. being in thought but having a physical or practical existence
Can you match the painting with the painters?
Monet
Can you tell the ages of the paintings?
Who are your favorite painters from China?
Xu Beihong
Qi Baishi
kinds Of painting
landscape charcoal drawing
（素描）
wash drawing
figure drawing
Imitating
graphic art(形象艺
（临摹）
Sketch
life drawing
术画)
（素描）
Brainstorming
painting
painter
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 traditional style of painting. D. their paintings were very ridiculous.
First-reading: read the passage for the first time and answer the two questions.
1. What’s the main idea of the text? The style of Western art has changed a lot with time going by. 2. How many styles of Western painting are mentioned in the text? What are they? Four. They are: The Middle Ages, The Renaissance, Impressionism and Modern art.
Second-reading
1. What were the artists interested in from 5th to 15th century AD? Creating _______ respect and ____ love for God. 2. How did Masaccio paint his paintings? He drew things in perspective __________, which makes pictures very _______. realistic
3. In the Renaissance, painters ___. A. painted religious scenes in a more realistic style. B. focused more on religion than on humans. C. began to paint outdoors. D. returned to classical Roman and Greek ideas about art.
Ages: the Renaissance Time: 15th to 16th
Can you name some famous painting and painters?
Look at the paintings. Discuss in groups:
If you could have three of these paintings on the walls for your classroom, which would you choose? Discuss your reason.
Let’s get to know some famous western artists!
Giotto di Bondone 乔托· 迪· 邦多纳
犹大之吻
Giotto di Bondone (1267 - 1337). Florentine painter and architect. He was recognized as the first genius of art in the Italian Renaissance. Giotto lived and worked at a time when people’s minds and talents were first being freed from the shackles（桎梏） of medieval restraint（约 束）. He dealt largely in the traditional religious subjects, but he gave these subjects an earthly, full-blooded life and force.
《圣母子》中世纪
《蒙娜丽莎》文艺复兴
Gods are painted
People are painted.
赛艇--局斯塔夫· 卡耶博特
莫瑞桥--阿尔弗莱德· 西斯莱
蓬图瓦兹. 埃尔米塔日的坡地 --卡米耶· 毕沙罗
戴帽的自画像--塞尚作 被称为 “现代艺术的起源”
A short history of Western Painting
c. detailed d. religious e. traditional
3. classical, of old
beliefs
4. accurate, minute
5. sincere to believe in
a god or gods
天使报喜 织锦画
圣母与圣婴
Compare the two paintings