选修六 1.3Unit1 Art

1、新课标人教版课件系列 高中英语 选修（模块）选修（模块）6- 6-1.3 (1) riddlesriddles a promise. a river. 1.what is that you ought to keep after you give it to somebody else? 2.what is that which has a mouth, but never speaks, and a bed, but never sleeps in it? do you know what the planting do you know what the planting expresse

2、s or represents?expresses or represents? king of the wild king of the wild animals, the tiger animals, the tiger is a symbol of is a symbol of couragecourage and and bravery bravery and it can and it can drive off demons drive off demons demondemon( (恶魔恶魔). ). tiger (墨僧) the favouritethe favourite t

3、ree of chinese painters, the pine tree of chinese painters, the pine symbolizes symbolizes longevity longevity ( (长寿长寿) ) and and steadfastnesssteadfastness ( (坚定坚定, , 稳当稳当). ). pine (高延军,4000) the five petalsthe five petals( (花花 瓣瓣) )of the plum of the plum flower symbolize flower symbolize the fiv

4、e gods of the five gods of good luckgood luck. the . the plum tree, pine, plum tree, pine, and bamboo are and bamboo are the “three friends the “three friends in winter” in winter” plum (王烈) always green in colouralways green in colour, bamboo is a symbol of , bamboo is a symbol of old old ageage an

5、d and modestymodesty( (谦逊；端庄谦逊；端庄). ). bamboo and bamboo and plumsplums( (李李) )together represent man and wife. bamboo, together represent man and wife. bamboo, pine trees, and plums commonly seen together in a pine trees, and plums commonly seen together in a painting are the “three friends in wint

6、er”.painting are the “three friends in winter”. bamboo (墨僧) symbol of symbol of longevitylongevity( (长寿长寿) ) and often shown and often shown together with a together with a pine-tree and a pine-tree and a stone, two other stone, two other symbols ofsymbols of longevity.longevity. crane (郭怡宗5.5万) the

7、 lotus is the symbol of the lotus is the symbol of puritypurity and one of the eight buddhistand one of the eight buddhist( (佛教佛教 的的) )precious precious ( (珍贵的珍贵的) ) things. the things. the lotus comes out of the mirelotus comes out of the mire( (泥泥 潭潭) )but is not itself soiledbut is not itself soi

8、led( (弄脏了的弄脏了的). ). it is inwardlyit is inwardly( (在内部在内部) ) empty yet empty yet outwardly uprightoutwardly upright( (正直的正直的). ). it has it has no branches but yet smells sweet. no branches but yet smells sweet. the words for lotus in chinese the words for lotus in chinese have the same meanings as:

9、 to have the same meanings as: to bindbind( (捆捆), ), connect (in marriage), one connect (in marriage), one after the other, uninterruptedafter the other, uninterrupted( (不停不停 的的, , 连续的连续的), ), to to lovelove, and , and modestymodesty( (谦谦 逊；端庄逊；端庄). ). lotus (lian-hua, he) (郭东健) symbolizes symbolize

10、s autumnautumn. its . its chinese name sound chinese name sound similar to the words similar to the words “remain, nine, and “remain, nine, and long long timetime”. it is best”. it is best to pick chrysanthemum to pick chrysanthemum on the 9th day of the on the 9th day of the 9th month.9th month. ch

11、rysanthemum (ju) (墨痴,8000) fish in chinese sounds like fish in chinese sounds like the word for “the word for “abundance abundance ( (丰富丰富, ,充裕充裕) )and and affluence affluence ( (富裕富裕)” )” so the fish so the fish symbolizes symbolizes wealthwealth. fish . fish shown with a lotusshown with a lotus( (

12、莲莲) ) blossom symbolizes “year blossom symbolizes “year after year may you live in after year may you live in affluence .affluence . fish match the words in column a with those in column b. a. realistic b. abstract c. existence d. detailed e. religious f. traditional 1. accurate, minute 2. state or

13、fact of existing 3. being in thought but having a physical or practical existence 4. lifelike, true to life 5. classical, of old beliefs 6. sincere to believe in a god or gods look at the paintings in this unit and discuss the questions 1. which would you choose to put up on the walls of our classro

14、om? and why? 2.would you rather have chinese or western paintings in your home? give your reasons. 3.if you were an artist, what kind of pictures would you paint? 4. what would you rather do- paint pictures, make sculptures, or design buildings? why? henri matisse was a french painter considered to

15、be one of the great formative figures in 20th-century art. 2.can you spell out the names of some famous western artists and tell me in which century they lived? vincent van gogh was a dutch post- impressionist (后印象派作家). he was a famous artist in 19th century. pre-reading 1.do you ever visit art gall

16、eries? what kind of paintings have your ever seen? reading task 1 scanning and answer some questions 1.what were the artists interested in from 5th to 15th century ad? 2. how did masaccio paint his paintings? 3. why did the impressionists have to paint quickly? they were interested in creating respe

17、ct and love for god. they painted many religious scenes. because natural light changes quickly they had to paint quickly. he drew things in perspective, which makes pictures very realistic. name of ages timeartistfeature the middle ages the renaissance impres- sionism modern art task 2 skimming read

18、 again and then complete the following chart. 5th to 15th 5th to 15th century adcentury ad giotto giotto bondonebondone religious, religious, realisticrealistic perspective, perspective, realisticrealistic detailed, detailed, ridiculousridiculous controversial, controversial, abstract, abstract, rea

19、listicrealistic masacciomasaccio 15th to 16th 15th to 16th centurycentury late 19th to late 19th to early 20th early 20th centurycentury 20th century 20th century to todayto today 2. people became focused more on humans and less on religion. (p2第12行) it means that there are too many different styles

20、 of western to introduce in a short passage. it tells us that people began to pay more attention to humans than religion. task 3. difficult sentences 1. there are so many different styles of western art that it would be impossible to describe all of them in a short text. (p1倒3行) focus on become focu

21、sed on concentrate on 集中(注意力，精力) please focus your minds on the following problem. if you focus the suns rays through a magnifying(放大) glass on a dry leaf, it will start to burn. i am so tired i cant focus (on anything) today. 3. if the rules of perspective had not been discovered, people would not

22、have been able to paint such realistic pictures. (p2第3段第5行) it means that people discovered the rules of perspective, so that they painted such realistic pictures. 4. during the renaissance oil paints were also developed, which made colors look richer and deeper. (p2第3段第6行) that is to say, during th

23、e renaissance oil paintings were so advanced that colors looked richer and deeper. when the impressionists started to paint in their own way, some people did not accept their paintings. however, nowadays people consider them as the beginning of the modern art. 5. at the time they were created, the i

24、mpressionists paintings were controversial but today they are accepted as the beginning of what we now call modern art. (p3第2行) artistic style changes as a societys culture and values change. write down three new things you have learned about western art. have learned that: at first people hated imp

25、ressionist paintings. before l428 western painters didnt know how to draw in perspective. in the middle ages most paintings had religious subjects. art is influenced by beliefs, values of the people and the way of beliefs, values of the people and the way of lifelife. for example, during the middle

26、ages, the main aim of painters was to represent religious themes because of the peoples respect and love god. but in the renaissance, people became focused more on humans and less on religion. in europe in the late 19th century many new inventions were created and society changed greatly, so paintin

27、g styles were different from the traditional style. but china has lived the similar way of life for a very long time, so chinese art has changed less often. why has the style of western art changed more often than chinese art? questions: how to find key idea in sentences (句子的主题句子的主题) what a person o

28、r object does.what a person or object does. the key idea is usually about what a person or object iswhat a person or object is or this text will describe the styles. consequently, this text will describe only a few of the main styles, starting from the 5th century ad. find the main ideas in these two sentences: find key idea in sentences: 2).with those details crossed out, what is the sentence about? it will describe the styles. (the key idea ) 1.consequently, this text will describe only a few of the main styles, starting from the 5th century