1、What is art?Love of beauty is taste.The creation of beauty is art.Ralph Waldo EmersonWhat can you see in the picture?How does it make you feel?Who painted it?School of Athens,fresco(湿壁画湿壁画)painted by artist Raphael.It is painted between 1509 and 1511 on a wall in the Apostolic Palace(使徒宫使徒宫)in Vatic
2、an City(梵蒂冈城梵蒂冈城).It is perhaps the most famous of all of Raphaels paintings and one of the most significant artworks of the Renaissance.School of Athens is showing Plato and Aristotle surrounded by philosophers,past and present,in a splendid(华丽的华丽的)architectural setting.At the centre of the School
3、of Athens are Plato and Aristotle.The two men had different pursuits(追求追求),Plato being engaged with such spiritual ideas as truth,beauty,and justice and Aristotle being concerned with worldly reality.These differences are evident in the painting.Plato,on the left,points skyward while holding a copy
4、of Timaeus(蒂迈欧篇蒂迈欧篇),and Aristotle gestures to the ground and props up a copy of his Ethics(伦理学伦理学).Doyouknowsomefamouswesternpaintingsandpainters?GiottodiBondoneMasaccioLook at the following pictures to know some famous painters and try to gain insights into their unique styles.MichelangeloLenonard
5、o da VinciRaphaelRembrandtRembrandtClaude MonetVincent van GoghRenoir(1841-1919)雷诺阿雷诺阿【法法】PicassoHenri MatisseSalvador DalThe Persistence of MemoryBocca SofaRead the tile,the first para and the subheadings.Think about and discuss following questions with your partner.What is the passage about?What i
6、s the genre of the text?Who are the target readers of this passage?Why does the author use subheadings in the passage?Where can you find this kind of passage?Time orderRead the passage and make a flow chart to show the changes in Western painting styles.The Middle AgesThe RenaissanceModern ArtImpres
7、sionism religious themesnot realistic;primitive and two-dimensional13th century;more realistic and showed people in a real environmentless religious themes more humanistic attitudeuse of perspectiveuse of oil paintsdeep colours and realism,look like photographsemphasis shifted to people and the worl
8、d around usportraits of people of high rankthemes of historical events and mythologyadj.人文主义的人文主义的adj.二维的二维的2Modern ArtImpressionism followed invention of photographypaintings were not needed to preserve what things looked likeaimed to convey light and movement rather than recording realistic detail
9、focused on people,nature,and daily lifefull of light,shadow,colour,and lifeshowed inner life of the subject tooanalysed shapes of the natural world in a new wayrealistic but dream-like qualitiesno longer showed reality,but asked the question“What is art?”in different waysTo help identify the changes
10、 that an article talks about,look for words that express change,such as development,breakthrough,innovation,begin,and shift,and the construction fromto.Identify changeIdentify change Why have Western painting styles been changing?What are the factors that have influence the changes in Western painti
11、ng styles?Give your reasons.religion,new ideas and valuesthe use of oil paints/perspectiveMatch the paintings below with the correct period of art.Use the information in the reading passage to help you.ImpressionismModern ArtThe Middle AgesThe Renaissance3Match a-i with the right artists.a.He made a
12、n important breakthrough:the use of perspective.b.He analysed the shapes which existed in the natural world with Cubism.c.His paintings focused on people and were full of light,shadow,colour,and life.d.His works conveyed the light and movement in a scene the subjective impression.e.He tried to show
13、both the outer image of his subjects and their inner warmth and humanity.f.Though his works still had religious themes,they showed real people in a real environment.g.He took the use of oil paints to new heights and gained a reputation as a master of shadow and light.h.Based on Giotto and Masaccios
14、innovations,they produced some of the greatest art that Europe had ever seen.i.His paintings are set apart from other paintings by their realistic human faces and deep emotional impact.Masaccio(1401-1428)_ Leonardo da Vinci(1452-1519),Michelangelo(1475-1564),and Raphael(1483-1520)Rembrandt(1606-1669
15、)Claude Monet(1840-1926)Renoir(1841-1919)Picasso(1881-1973)Giotto di Bondone(1267-1337)Renoir(1841-1919)Giotto di Bondone Write a summary of the passage.Write down the art style of each period.Which one do you like most?Why?What do you know about these paintings?One way to understand Western art is
16、to look at the history of its painting.In the Middle Ages,Western art aimed to teach Christianity,so it was two-dimensional and unrealistic.This changed with the emotional paintings of Giotto di Bondone.Renaissance painting became less religious as people wanted paintings that were beautiful,interes
17、ting,and accurate.At this time ideas on perspective by Masaccio were adopted by Leonardo da Vinci,Michelangelo,and Raphael,producing some of Europes greatest paintings.The use of oil paints reached its height with Rembrandt,a master of shadow and light.Photography in the mid-19th century meant accuracy was no longer needed.So,named after a painting by Claude Monet,Impressionism focused on light and movement in nature or daily life,while Renoir used such techniques to show peoples humanity.Modern Art saw the Cubism of Picasso and other artists abstract creations seemingly ask,“What is art?”
