1、高中英语选修（模块）6圣母与圣婴天使报喜织锦画Compare the two paintings圣母子中世纪Gods are painted蒙娜丽莎文艺复兴People are painted.莫瑞桥-阿尔弗莱德西斯莱赛艇-局斯塔夫卡耶博特蓬图瓦兹.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”Fast reading:1.Whats the main idea?The style of Western art has changed a lot with time going by.2.How many styles of Western painting are
2、 mentioned in the text?What are they?Four.They are：The Middle Ages,The Renaissance,Impressionism and Modern art.Key for Ex.1.(p3)1.The style of Western art has changed many times,while Chinese art has changed less often.2.China,unlike Europe,has followed a similar way of life for a very long time.3.
3、This text will describe only a few of the main styles,starting from the 5thcentury AD.Key for Ex.1.(p3)4.During the Middle Ages,the main aim of painters was to represent religious themes.5.Things had begun to change by the 13th century.6.In the Rennaissance,new ideas and values took the place of tho
4、se that were held in the Middle Ages.Key for Ex.1.(p3)7.One of the most important discoveries during this period was how to draw things in perspective.8.The first person to use perspective in his paintings was Masaccio in 1428.9.When people first saw his paintingsthey were convinced they were lookin
5、g.Key for Ex.1.(p3)10.During the Renaissance oil paints were also developed,.11.In the late 19th century,Europe changed a great deal12.At first,most people hated this new style of painting.13.At the time they were created,the impressionists paintings were controversialKey for Ex.1.(p3)14.Nowadays,th
6、ere are scores of modern art styles15.It is interesting to predict what styles of painting there will be in the future.Key for Ex.2.(p3)In the 5th century,until the 15th century,Renaissance,In the Middle Ages,1428,from the 15th to the 16th century,In the late 19th century,Nowadays,in the futureKey f
7、or Ex.3.(p4)1.Real 2.Impress 3.symbol4.Shadow 5.religion 6.attempt7.value 8.aim 9.predict10.believe 11.Europe 12.ridiculeKey for Ex.4.(p4)1.Aim 2.Symbol3.Possessions4.Europe 5.Abstract6.Focus on styles factsThe Middle AgesThe main aim of painters was_ _.Artists were only interested in _ for God,and
8、paintings from this period are full of _.The RenaissancePeople in this period became_ _and less_.Painters tried to_ as they really were.People were able to _by following the rules of perspective.Detail reading:religious themescreating respect and lovereligious symbolsto representmore on humansfocuse
9、don religionpaint people and naturedraw realistic picturesstyles factsImpressionismIn the late 19th century,there were many new inventions and many _These changes also led to _.The impressionists painted_.Their paintings were not_ those of earlier painters.Modern artThe impressionists paintings were
10、 _ but today they are accepted as _of modern art.The painterdoes not _ but_.changing in painting stylesoutdoorssocial changesdetailed asascontroversialthe beginningattempt to paint objects as we see them with our eyesconcentrates on certain qualities of the objectRead the passage again and deal with
11、 Exercise 2 on Page 3.1.Western art has changed very little over the last 17 centuries.2.Painters in the Middle Ages painted mainly religious subjects.3.Paintings in the Middle Ages were very realistic.4.Renaissance painters tried to paint things in a realistic way.5.Two important discoveries in the Renaissance period were oil paints and drawing in perspective.6.Impressionists painted their pictures mainly indoors.7.At first people did not like the impressionists paintings.8.Modern art began with the impressionists.FFTTTFTTFinish exercises on p2 of the Best English.
