1、Book 6 Unit 1 Art Period 1 Reading编者：王海虹 修编：李慧学习目标1.通过阅读了解西方绘画的历史。 2.通过课文的学习，提高阅读能力。3.熟悉西方绘画史，背诵文中的部分经典句子。自主合作探究【探究1】Read the text quickly and fill in the blanks.A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTINGPeriodsThemesArtistic CharacteristicsThe Middle Ages(5th to the 15th century AD)1. _ to paint in a (n)2
2、 wayThe Renaissance(15th to 16th century)3. _ to adopt a more 4._ attitude of life；to draw things in 5._ and oil paints developedImpressionism(late 19th to early 20th century)to show how 6 fell on objects at different times of dayto work 7. ；to paint8._Modern Art(20th century to today)to look at the
3、ir 9. in new waysto paint in a (n) 10. _ or realistic way【探究2】Read the text to decide the following statements are true or false ( ) 1）Western art has changed very little over the last seventeen centuries( ) 2）Paintings in the Middle Ages did not use perspective. ( ) 3）Impressionists painted landsca
4、pes. ( ) 4）You cannot recognize any object in abstract modern art. ( ) 5）In the Renaissance most artists painted indoors.( ) 6) Abstract art is still an art style today.【探究3】Read the text again and choose the best answer.1What does the passage mainly tell us?AArt is influenced only by the customs an
5、d faith of a people.BEurope has followed a similar way of life for a very long time.CHow western art developed.2The art of the Middle Ages shows .Areal life Bold songs Creligious themes3Who was first to use perspective in his paintings in 1428?ARoman and Greek painters. BMasaccio. CThe Impressionist
6、s.4In the Renaissance，people paid attention to .Ahumans and nature Bsome qualities of the object Creligion5Why did the impressionists have to paint quickly?ABecause it was raining. BBecause natural light changed so quickly.CBecause there was no light.【探究4】Recite the sentences1But it was evident that
7、 ideas were changing in the 13th century when painters like Giotto di Bondone began to paint religious scenes in a more realistic way.但是很显然，在13世纪(人们的)思想正经历着变化，像乔托这样的画家们开始以一种比较现实的风格来画宗教场景。2They paid famous artists to paint pictures of themselves，their houses and possessions as well as their activitie
8、s and achievements. 他们聘请著名的艺术家，不仅让艺术家画他们的活动和成就，还让他们画自己的肖像、房子及所有物。3Among the painters who broke away from the traditional style of painting were the Impressionists，who lived and worked in Paris. 在那些突破传统画法的画家中有生活和工作在法国巴黎的印象派画家。达标练习短语填空concentrate on， by coincidence， a great deal of ， on the other hand
9、，break away from，lead to1.You should _ your English study.2 _ money was used in rescuing the victims in the disaster.3 _ ，we got to the cinema at the same time.4I dont want to buy these books， _ I seldom have time to read them.5Only the small road can _ the house on the top of the mountain.课文缩写Art i
10、s influenced by the customs and 1. _ of a people. There are so many different styles of Western art that it would be impossible to describe all of them in such a short text. 2. _ ，it will tell about only the most important ones. During the Middle Ages the main 3. _ of painters was to represent 4. _
11、themes. Artists were not interested in showing nature and people but 5. _ a feeling of respect and love for God.In the Renaissance new ideas and values replaced those 6. _ in the Middle Ages when people paid more attention to humans. One of the most important 7. _ during this period was how to draw
12、things in perspective. In the late 19th century，Europe changed from a mostly agricultural society to a mostly 8. _ one. Impressionism dated from the late 19th to the early 20th century. Then in Modern Art，the painter does not 9. _ to paint objects as we see them with our eyes but 10. _ certain qualities of the object.
