1、Learning Aims： 1. Knowledge aim:Students are to understand the structure and content of the text.2. Ability aim: Students are to learn the brief history of western painting and the characteristics of the paintings in the four periods. Students reading skills will be improved, like predicting and ski
2、mming.3. Emotion aim: Students are to learn to admire their lives by appreciating paintings.A Short History Of Western PaintingWhat is art?Main idea:To introduce the theme of the passage and its purpose. Prat1(Para. 1)Part 2(Para. 2-8)The Middle Ages The Renaissance Impressionism Modern art 5th - 15
3、th AD14th -17thlate 19th early 20th20th - today Read the headings and the first paragraph to get the main idea and the structure of the text.A short history of western paintingActivity 1:Read and find out the answers to the following questions. 1: What is the purpose of western art in the middle age
4、s?2: What are the features of the paintings? To teach people about ChristianityprimitiveTwo-dimensional Main characters were made much larger than everyone else.The Middle Ages (from the 5th to the 15th) religious themesGiotto di Bondone 乔托乔托迪迪邦多纳邦多纳 Artists and their masterpieces2. What are the fea
5、tures of this period ?1.Why did painters not focus more on religion at this period?Because new ideas and values gradually replaced the old ones from the middle ages.The Renaissance (from the14th to the 17th century)realistichumanisticperspectiveoil paintedMasaccio (1401-1428) 马萨乔马萨乔 【意意】- a breakthr
6、ough: the use of perspectiveArtists and their masterpiecesLeonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)Mona LisaImpressionism (late 19th to early 20th century) 1. Why did painters have to find a new way of looking at their art?2.What are the features of the painting during this period?Because of the invention of ph
7、otography, people didnt need to preserve what people and the world looked like.Vincent Van GoghHes a painter of Holland. Hes famous for his idea of emotional expression in painting. His great works include Sunflower and green wheat fields.SunflowerGreen Wheat fieldsArtists and their masterpieces:Cla
8、ude Monet (1840 -1926)克劳克劳德德莫奈莫奈 【法】【法】Modern art (from the 20th century to today) What were the features during this period?Cubismanalyze the shapes in a new wayA realistic but dream-like qualityAbstractno longer to show realityPablo Picassoa Spanish painter,famous for his abstract paintingsPicasso
9、s paintingsArtists and their masterpieces:Modern ArtAbstractRealistic cubistic painting (立体画立体画) Draw a time line to show the history of western painting:Activity 3:Now can you tell which period the following pictures belong to? The Middle AgesThe RenaissanceImpressionismModern artActivity 4:Which p
10、eriod of western art do you like most? Why are you fond of it? adj.喜爱喜爱Discussion: Activity 5: I like Modern Art most. There are many different styles within this period. The painting of Modern Art can mean different things to different people.Whats art?A great man has said:“Art is much less iportant than life, 艺术远没有生活重要，but what a poor life without it.”但是没有艺术的生活是多么乏味呀！Homework: 1.Read the text more after class.2.Write a summary to introduce the history of western painting.3.Pick out sentences which include the words expressing changes.Thank you!
