WhatisArt?Artisanexpressionofthesoul.Whensomethingiscreated,itisnotart.Itonlybecomesartwhenitisappreciatedbysomeoneotherthantheartist.Artisnothingwithoutappreciation.

SoundsReasonable?dancemusicBrainstormingInpairslistsomeartstylesyouknow.sculpturearchitectureliteraturemoviepaintingcalligraphyartpainting

sculpturearchitecture……musicdanceliteraturecalligraphymoviefaithaimconventionaltypicalevidentadoptpossesspossessionn.信任;信心;信念n.目標;目的vt.&vi.瞄準;努力adj.常規(guī)的;傳統(tǒng)的adj.典型的;有代表性的adj.明顯的;明白的vt.采用;采納;收養(yǎng)vt.擁有;具有;支配n.所有;財產(chǎn)Wordspreviewsuperbtechniquecoincidenceshadowridiculous

controversialattemptpredictadj.卓越的;杰出的n.技術(shù);方法;技能n.巧合;相合n.陰影;影子adj.荒謬的;可笑的adj.爭論的;爭議的n.努力;嘗試;企圖vt.嘗試;企圖vt.預言;預告;預測Wordspreviewbycoincidenceagreatdealontheotherhand巧合地大量另一方面ExpressionspreviewWhat’sthetopicandhow’stheinformationorganized?It’saboutWesternpaintingandtheinformationisorganizedintimeperiod,fromearliesttopresenttime.2.HowmanystylesofWesternpaintingarementionedinthetext?Whatarethey?

Four.TheyaretheMiddleAges,theRenaissance,ImpressionismandModernArt.1.Thepaintingswithreligiousthemesmainlyappearduring______.A.theMiddleAgesB.theRenaissanceC.thelate1800sD.theearly1900s2.Drawingthingsinperspectiveisthemostimportantdiscoveryinthe_____century.5thB.16thC.19thD.20th3.Thebeginningof“ModernArt”arethe____paintings.ReligiousB.perspectiveC.ImpressionistD.ridiculousComprehendingReadingComprehensionII4.____discoveredhowtomakepaintingslookmorerealbyusingperspective.A.GiottodiBondone.B.Masaccio.C.ClaudeMonet.D.PabloPicasso5.Atfirstmostpeoplehatedtheimpressionists’styleofpainting,because_____.theirpaintingswereveryabstract.theirpaintingswereveryrealistic.Theybrokeawayfromthetraditionalstyleofpainting.D.Theirpaintingswereveryridiculous.Scantogetdetailedinformationandfillintheblanks.PeriodTimeCharacteristicsofthepaintingsTheMiddleAges

5thtothe15thcenturyAD◆Themain1

wastorepresentreligiousthemes;◆A2

picturewasfullofreligioussymbols.

TheRenaissance15thto16thcentury◆People3amorehumanisticattitudetolife,sopaintersdrewthingsinarealisticway;◆Paintersdrewthingsin4.ThetechiquewasfirstusedbyMasaccioin1428;◆By5,oilpaintswerealsodevelopedatthistime.6Late19thtoearly20thcentury◆TheImpressionistswerethefirstpainterstowork7;◆Theywereeagertoshowhowlightand8fellonobjectsatdifferenttimesofday.ModernArt20thcenturytotoday◆Ontheonehand,somemodernartis9;◆Ontheotherhand,somepaintingsareso10thattheylooklikephotographs.aimtypicaladoptedperspectivecoincidenceImpressionismoutdoorsshadowabstractrealisticFurtherappreciationindetailsAges:

MiddleAgesTime:

5thto15thcenturyADArtist:

GiottoFeature:

Religious, realisticAges:TheRenaissanceTime:

15thto16th

centuryADArtist:

MasaccioFeature:

perspective, realisticAges:ImpressionismTime:

late19thtoearly20thArtist:

notmentionedFeature:

notdetailed, ridiculous

Ages:ModernArtTime:

20thcenturytotodayArtist:

notmentionedFeature:

controversial, abstract, realisticDiscussion1.CanyouwritedownthreenewthingsyouhavelearnedaboutWesternart?1.1)Artisticstylechangesasasociety’scultureandvalueschange.2)Inthemiddleagesmostpaintinghadreligioussubjects.3)Before1428Westernpaintersdidn’tknowhowtodrawinperspective.4)Atfirstpeoplehatedimpressionistpaintings.Discussion2.WhyhasthestylesofWesternartchangedmoreoftenthanChineseart?WesternarthaschangesmoreoftenthanChineseartbec