5. Two important discoveries in the Renaissance period were oil paints and drawing in perspective. T 6. Impressionists painted their pictures mainly indoors. F 7. At first people did not like the impressionists’ paintings. T 8. Modern art began with the impressionists. T
Impressionism
ridiculous
Controversial,
Modern Art
20th century to today
Abstract, realisti
Comprehending: True or False
1. Western art has changed very little over the last seventeen centuries. F 2. Painters in the Middle Ages painted mainly religious subjects. T 3. Paintings in the Middle Ages were very realistic. F 4. Renaissance painters tried to paint things in a realistic way. T
The School of Athens 蒙娜丽莎 Raffaello Sanzio Leonardo da Vinci 拉斐尔
圣母子 Masaccio 马萨乔
Part4
This passage is about: How the Impressionism came about? And how the impressionists painted their paintings?
The Middle Ages, TheRenaissance,
Impressionism and Modern art.
Read the passages to get the general ideas:
Part one:
The changes between Western art and Chinese art.
Fast reading: 1. What’s the main idea? 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 styles:
莫奈《日出· 印象》
凡高《向日葵》
马奈
《吹笛少年》
Part5
This part tells us:
The Modernism comes from the Impressionism and how the modernist paint their pictures.
戴帽的自画像--塞尚作 被称为”现代艺术的起源”
clothing
architecture
photography
jewelry
painting
Western painting
painting jewelry dance opera
……
……
art
sculpture music clothing
……
literature photography
三个乐师 毕加索
圣维克多山 塞尚
静物苹果篮子 塞尚
The changes
Classicism 古典主义
Romanticism 浪漫主义
Western painting:
Realism
现实主义
Impressionism 印象主义
Modernism 现代主义
Name of ages The Middle Ages
painting
painter
Can you name some famous painting and painters?
Who are your favorite painters from China?
Xu Beihong 徐悲鸿
马
Qi Baishi
齐 白 石 蟹
Zhang Daqian
Giotto di Bondone, and his painting 乔托· 邦多纳 迪·
Judas Kiss
犹大之吻
The third part:
New ideas and values in the Renaissance took place of the Middle Ages’ paintings. Key words: became focused more on...less on..; returned to..; painted people and nature; rich people paid artists to paint picturesestern paintings:
About religion, human Abstract, rich in color, oil, line and shape

Reading
A short history of western painting Let’s know some famous Western artists!
Key words: changed many times; changed less often; is influenced by ; the way of life; beliefs of people; so…that.; consequently; starting from.
Main idea of part two: The middle ages’ paintings represent religious themes.
Renaissance
Time
Artists
Feature
5th to 15th century AD 15th to 16th century
Late 19th to early 20th century
Giotto Di Bondone Masaccio
Religious realistic perspective realistic Detailed,
architecture seal cutting
kinds of painting
oil
painting water color landscape cartoon figure drawing sketch


油画 水彩画 风景画 卡通 人物画 素描
Brain Storm
Unit 1 Art
Do you know the Chinese folk art?
New Year Graphics (年画)
Paper cutting (剪纸)
Wood carving (木雕)
Clay figures (泥塑)
seal cutting
篆刻
opera
dance
sculpture
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Giotto di Bondone 乔托· 邦多纳 迪·
犹大之吻 The kiss of Judas
Masaccio的作品：
Masaccio(1401-1427)
Madonna with Child and Angels
王座上的圣母圣子和四天使
The most important discoveries was…., the first to use perspective was…., when people saw… they were convinced... Key sentence: If …had not been discoveries, people would not have been..
Masaccio的作品：
Crucifixion
耶稣钉刑图
梵高《向日葵》
Which style of paintings do you prefer, western or Chinese? Why? Chinese painting
It is often about nature, such as mountain, water, bird-and-flower, etc. It has an air of living in nature, harmony (和 谐） and peace.