Reading(1)：Visitingthemasters

1、Unit 3,Unit 3 The world of colours and light,Reading Visiting the masters,1. Have you ever visited an art museum? If so, what was your experience like? 2. What did you see in the art museum? How did you feel about what you saw? 3. What impressed you the most in the museum?,Warming up,What type of pa

2、inting is it and who created it? How do you feel when you look at the picture? Do you like it? Why or why not?,Read the e-mail on Page 34 quickly and answer the questions.,Which countries has Li Ming visited on his trip? Spanish, France, the Netherlands.,2. How many days did they spend in Pairs? 3.

3、What did Monet love to paint when he was older?,Four days.,Water lilies.,Pablo Picasso was born in England. Picasso wasnt just a painter. The painting of Mona Lisa is in the Louvre Museum. 4. Leonardo da Vinci is an Italian.,True or False,F,T,T,T,5. Monet was an American painter. 6. Van Goghs early

4、paintings were abstract. 7. Rembrandt lived from 1606 to 1669.,T,F,F,Reading a travelogue: the purpose of the trip where the author went how long the author stayed in each place What the author saw and did what the author thought about the places,Reading strategy,How well do you understand the e-mai

5、l? Read it again and answer the following questions.,1. What did Li Ming think about Malaga?,He thinks Malaga is a lovely city and that the architecture there is beautiful.,2. What is cubism?,Cubism is a type of art which often uses acute angles and where the world is represented as being constructe

6、d of cubes and rectangles.,3. What did Li Ming do in Pairs?,He went to the Louvre Museum and the Musee dOrsay.,4. What is the most valuable painting in the world?,The Mona Lisa.,He designed many new inventions, including a primitive from of a helicopter and tank.,5. What did da Vinci do besides pain

7、ting?,6. In which museum can you see Monets works?,The Musee dOrsay.,Although van Gogh committed his whole being to painting, he received little reward for his effort. Only one painting had been sold before he died.,7. What was the sad thing about van Gogh?,8. In which city did Li Ming see Rembrandt

8、s paintings?,In Amsterdam.,Fill in each blank with no more than one word according to the text.,Places,productive,sculptures,Places,Cubism,beyond,Places,designed,belonged,movement,typical,valuable,Li Ming introduced several artists in his e-mail. Complete the table below with the correct information

9、 about them.,Spanish,Dutch,Italian,French,1840-1926,1606-1669,1885 1889,1642,1503-1506,Mona Lisa,The Night Watch,The Potato Eaters; Starry Night,Impression, Sunrise,1872,a an area of darkness b the design or style of building c your mind and all your feelings d the material or form that an artist us

10、es,Match these new words from the e-mail with their meanings. Write the correct letters in the blanks.,e more than a certain number f work out, figure out g devote ones time, energy or money to something,architecture (Line 8) _ medium (Line 10) _ 3 calculate (Line 19) _ 4 shadow (Line 32) _ 5 commit

11、 (Line 39) _ 6 being (Line 39) _ 7 upwards of (Line 42)_,a,d,f,b,g,c,e,Read the following life story of Pablo Picasso. Complete it with the words in the box.,oil painting consensus was off to reward agents acute,Answers: (1) _ (2) _ (3) _ (4) _ (5) _ (6) _,acute,oil painting,was off to,agents,consen

12、sus,reward,Work in groups,Work in small groups. Introduce each artist mentioned in the article to other group members. You can search more information about these artists after class.,Is there an art museum in your city or town? If there is one, have you visited it? If you have, what did you think of the art there? 2. Do you think we need art museums? Why or why not? 3. Do you think art is important? Why or why not?,Discussion,Homework,Go t