Modern art (Para 5)
Two extremes
A
B
Style
Concentrate on Presentation
A. Abstract B. Realistic Certain qualities What we see of the object with our eyes
Color, line and photograph shape
Which is more realisti_rnie_cs?c_pr_ee_ca_tt_ian_gn_d_Bl_.o_1ve3_t_hf_oc_re_nG_to_ud.ry
B. 13th century
The Renaissance (Para 3)
Features
1.Focused more on _h_u_m_a_n_s and less on _re_l_ig_i_on_.
What areFetahteusree?s
1.Full of: religious symbols
Religious symbols
2.Artists were not
A. 6th century
interested in showing
_n_a_tu_r_e__a_n_d__p_e_o_p_le____ _a_s…_____but interested
Paintings from Modern Art are different. On the one hand, some are abstract, on the other
hand, some are so realistic.
By Laffelo Santi (拉斐尔)
Paintings from the Renaissance are realistic and the painters draw them
in perspective.
Discussion
If you were to decorate your bedroom with some paintings, which style of painting would you choose? Why?
If I were to decorate my bedroom, I would choose…, this is because: on the one hand, …., on the other hand, …
（梵.高）
Fast Reading
Task 1. Skim the text to find the main idea.
The text briefly introduces the s_ty_le_s_i_n_W_e_s_te_r_n_a_rt_during the _fo_u_r_different periods. It also analyzes _w_h_y and _h_o_w the styles changed..
Impressionism (Para. 4)
1. What changes led to the change in painting styles?
2. Why did the impressionist have to paint quickly?
3. Did people like this style of painting? Why?
Task 2. Scanning
Modern Art
16th 15th
20th 19th
5t& realistic objects
Outdoors (light and shadow)
people & nature
religion
theme?
The Middle Ages (Para 2)
Try to compare them
More humanistic and realistic; The color looks richer and deeper.
Impressionism
Features
1. Break away from the t_r_a_d_it_i_on_a_l_ style. 2. Be eager to show how _ce_r_t_a_in__q_u_a_li_t_ie_s_fell on objects. 3. Not as _d_e_t_ai_le_d__ as the earlier ones.
A short history of western painting
Reading
Warming up
Do you know any famous artists?
Leonardo da Vinci Pablo Picasso
(达.芬奇)
（毕加索）
Masaccio
（马萨乔）
…… Vincent van Gogh
Let’s enjoy some of the very famous arts in the western history, try to guess which period it belongs to.
Mary and Baby Jesus
Paintings from the early Middle Ages are full of religious symbols
2.Two developments:
a. _D_ra_w_i_ng_t_h_in_g_s _in_p_er_s_pe_c_ti_ve
b. __O_i_l p_a_i_nt_in_g________
Masaccio: the first person to
use perspective in painting
Sunrise by Monet Claude in the 19th century
Paintings from the Impressionism break away from the traditional style, and the painters are eager to show the natural light.