FineArts—Westen,ChineseandpopArtsModule4Readingandvocabulary

-----byHeatherHangLeonardodaVinci

MonaLisa'ssmileLet'senjoysomefamouspaintingsportrait

painter

梵高《向日葵》

VincentVanGogh

Sunflower

oilpainting

PabloPicassoGuernica格爾尼卡Cubism

RoyLichtenstein洛伊●利希騰斯坦popart

modernartQiBaishishrimpswaterbuffaloinkandwash

RemainstyleofXunyang陳逸飛《潯陽遺韻》

amodernartist

drawing

watercolor

landscape

traditional

contemporaryartgalleryexhibitionlandscapeoilpaintingwatercolourportraitCubismdrawingpopartinkandwashartgalleryWhocanbequicker?First-reading:

Skim(略讀)thepassageandMatchpaintings1-4withdescriptionsinparagraphsA-DAThisisapaintingbytheSpanishartist,PabloPicasso,consideredtobethegreatestwesternartistofthetwentiethcentury.Picassoandanotherpainter,GeorgeBraque,startedCubism,oneofthemostimportantofallmodernartmovements.Cubistartistspaintedobjectsandpeople,withdifferentaspectsoftheobjectorpersonshowingatthesametime.2B4ThispaintingbycontemporaryAmericanartistRoyLichtenstein(1923–1997)isaworldfamousexampleofpopart.Popart(fromtheword"popular")wasanimportantmodernartmovementthataimedtoshowordinarytwentieth-centurycitylife.Forexample,itshowsthingssuchassoupcansandadvertisements.C1QiBaishi(1863–1957),oneofChina'sgreatestpainters,followedthetraditionalChinesestyleofpainting.Chinesepaintingisknownforitsbrushdrawingsinblackinksandnaturalcolors.QiBaishiobservedtheworldofnatureverycarefully,andhispaintingsarespecialbecauseofthis.D3XuBeihong(1895–1953)wasoneofChina'sbest-knowntwentieth-centuryartists.LikeQiBaishi,XupaintedinthetraditionalChinesestyle.Bothpaintershaveabeautifulbrushline.XuBeihongbelievedthatartistsshouldshowreality,butnotjustimitateit.Instead,apictureshouldtrytoshowthe"life"ofitssubject.Heismostfamousforhislivelypaintingsofhorses.SaywhichpaintingsarementionedinparagraphsEandF

I'mstudyingartatschool,andIenjoyitalot,althoughIcangettiredoflookingatpicturesallthetime.I'mcrazyaboutthepaintingsofQiBaishi,andthisdelightfulpictureofthelittleshrimpsissuchalovelyexampleofhiswork.ButIcan'tstandthatpictureofagolden-hairedgirl.Ithinkit'sstupid.E1and4Myparentsarefondofgoingtoartgalleriesandoftentakemewiththem,soI'vedevelopedaninterestinart.Imustsay,Ilovethatpictureofthesixhorses.Theylooksoalive.It'sbyaChineseartist,isn'tit?Icantellbythestyle.IthinkthepaintingoftheyounggirlisprobablybyPicasso.Ireallylikehim.Ithinkhe'sanextraordinaryartist.F3and2

PicassoisanEuropeanartist.Popartshowsthenineteenth-centurylife.QiBaishiisfamousforhislively

paintingsofhorses.XuBeihonglikedimitatingreality.5.Chinesepaintingisknownforits

brushdrawingsinblackinksand

naturalcolors.WuHangiscrazyaboutthepaintingsof

XuBeihong..(T)(T)(F)(F)(F)Challengeyourmemory.

True/Falsequestions.(F)twentieth__________________________XuBeihong________________QiBaishi___________________notjustimitate,shouldshowrealityScanthepassageandfillintheblanksNameNation-ality

AchievementsCharacteristicsdifferent________ofthe______orpersonshow-ingatthesametime.Worldfamous________ofPoparts___________20thcenturyartistbrushdrawinginblackinksand_______colors.PabloPicasso________tobethegreatestwesternartiststarted________greatest_______painterAbeautifulbrushline,show_____,______horses.SpainRoyLichten-steinChinaChinaQiBaishiXuBeihongCubism__________Americaaspectsshowing_________20th________citylife.ordinarycenturybest-knowntraditionalnaturalrealitylivelyobjectconsideredexampleChoosethecorrectmeaningoftheunderlinedwords.

1.“Ican’tstandthatpictureofagolden-hairedgirl.”risetoone’sfeetB.bearC.catch2.Ithinkhe’monB.formalC.outstanding3.“Icangettiredoflookingatpicturesallthetime.”?A.beboredwithB.exhausted

C.beinterestedinComprehensiontestofpara.E&F

PabloPicassoisthe_______artist,whoisconsideredtobethegreatest_______artistofthe________century.Itwasheandanotherartistwho________Cubisminpainting,whichmeansshowingall________oftheobjectsandpeopleatthesametime.AndToyLichtensteinistherepresentativeofthe

____artwhich____toshowtheordinarycitylife.Chineseartists______Qi

BaishiandXuBeihong,followedthe____________Chinesestyleofpainting,theformerfamousforthepictureofthelittle________,thelatterknownforhislivelypaintingof___________.SpanishwesterntwentiethstartedaspectspopaimsliketraditionalshrimpshorsesPost-reading:

Abstract(摘要)ofthetext前者后者Ifyouareaguideofthisartgallery.Couldyoudescribethepicturesforthevisitors?Workingroups,thenreportittoall.

Discussandact

ThisisapaintingbyXuBeihong,consideredtobeoneoftheChina’sbest-known20thcenturyartist.ItisalivelypaintinginthetraditionalChinesestyle.Thehorselookswonderfullyalive.Youfeelit’sgoingto