Unit 1 Art Reading and Thinking （ppt课件）-2024新人教版（2019）《高中英语》选择性必修第三册.pptx

1、Reading and Thinking新人教选择性必修三B.Love of beauty is taste.The creation of beauty is art.Ralph Waldo EmersonB.Look at the painting School of Athens at page 1 and answer the following questions:1.What do you know about the painting?Do you know who painted it?The painting is named School of Athens雅典学院.It

2、was painted by Raphael(拉斐尔)2.What can you see in the painting?Who are these people?What are they doing?More than 50 excellent scholars.They are discussing.B.3.Why did the painter put all these people living at different times together?Though these people are from different times,they all symbolized

3、human pursuit of wisdom and truth.4.Why do you think the painter created this work of art?What idea did the painter want to convey?To praise the so-called“Golden Age”in history and convey a yearning for a free and open future.B.Part 1B.Look at the paintings and answer the questions:How do you feel a

4、bout these paintings?When were these paintings created?In your opinion,what is true art?Lead-inB.Giotto di Bondone in the Middle AgesB.Raphael the RenaissanceB.Leonardo Da Vinci the RenaissanceRaphael the RenaissanceB.Vincent Van Gogh late 19th to early 20th centuryB.Claude Monet Sunrise late 19th t

5、o early 20th centuryClaude Monet Impressionism Water LilyArt is the perfection of nature.B.Picasso Modern TimesThe principle of true art is not to portrait,but to evoke.B.A picture is a poem without words.B.What is Western art?It is hard to give a precise definition.As there have been so many differ

6、ent styles of Western art.It is impossible to describe them in a short text.Perhaps the best way to understand Western art is to look at the development of western painting over the centuries.While Reading:Read the first paragraph and answer the questions.B.1.What is the passage about?It is about th

7、e development of Western painting over the centuries.2.Who are the target readers of this passage?Those who show great interest in art.3.What is the style of the text?It is an informative essay.B.The Middle Ages(from the 5th to the 15th century)During the Middle Ages,the purpose of Western art was t

8、o teach people about Christianity.Thus,artists were not interested in painting realistic scenes.Their works were often primitive and two dimensional,and the main characters were often made much larger than everyone else to show their importance.Now please read the second paragraph and finish the tas

9、k.B.This began to change in the 13th century with Giotto di Bondone(12671337).While his paintings still had religious themes,they showed real people in a real environment.In particular,his paintings are set apart from other paintings by their realistic human faces and deep emotional impact.1.How doe

10、s the writer organize the passage?In time order.B.Subheadings,or subheads,are mini-headlines and play a huge role in capturing and holding the scanners attention.By using subtitles in your writings,your readers will be able to see at a glance whether you have the information they are looking for.2.W

11、hy does the author use subheadings in the passage?B.Period characteristicsFamous painters and their achievements1.Religious themes2.Primitive and two-dimensional3.Not realistic4.13th century,more realistic and showed people in real environment.Giotto di BondoneSet apart from other paintings by their

12、 realistic human faces and deep emotional impact.Middle Ages from the 5th to the 15th century B.B.The Renaissance(from the 14th to the 17th century)New ideas and values gradually replaced old ones from the Middle Ages.As a result,painters concentrated less on religious themes.They began to adopt a m

13、ore humanistic attitude to life.An important breakthrough during this period was the use of perspective by Masaccio(1401-1428).Influential painters such as Leonardo da Vinci(1452-1519),Michelangelo(1475-1564),and Raphael(1483-1520)built upon Giotto and Masaccio s innovations to produce some of the g

14、reatest art that Europe had ever seen.B.Another innovation was the use of oil paints.With their deep colours and realism,some of the best oil paintings look like photographs.While painters as early as Da Vinci had used oil,this technique reached its height with Rembrandt(1606-1669),who gained a repu

15、tation as a master of shadow and light.In subject matter,the emphasis increasingly shifted from religious themes to people and the world around us.Kings,nobles,and people of high rank wanted to purchase accurate pictures of themselves and the people they loved.B.Others wanted paintings showing impor

16、tant historical events or stories from mythology.Finally most clients wanted paintings that were beautiful and interesting to look at.Self-portrait with shaded eyes by Rembrandt He gained a reputation as a master of shadow and light.shadow and lightB.PeriodReasons of changeMasaccio&Leonardo da Vinci

17、&Rembrandt(characteristics)The Renaissance(from the 14th to the 17th century)New ideas and values replaced old ones from the Middles Ages.Concentrated less on religious themesThe use of perspectiveB.Michelangelo&Raphael(characteristics)themeThe innovation of oil paintsAdopted a more humanistic attit

18、ude to lifeShifted from religious themes to people and the world around ushistorical events or stories from mythologyportraits of people of high rankLook like photos with deep colors and realismB.By Leonardo da VinciBy MasaccioB.Holy family by Michelangelo B.Impressionism(late 19th to early 20th cen

19、tury)The development of Western art slowed until the invention of photography in the mid-19th century.After that,paintings were no longer needed to preserve what people and the world looked like.Hence,painters had to find a new way of looking at their art.From this,Impressionism emerged in France.Th

20、e name of this new movement came from the painting by Claude Monet(1840-1926)called Impression,Sunrise.In this work,Monets aim was to convey the light and movement in the scene-the subjective impression the scene gave him-but not a detailed record of the scene itself.B.While many Impressionists pain

21、ted scenes of nature or daily life,others,such as Renoir(1841-1919),focused on people.Unlike the cold,black-and-white photographs of that time period,Renoirs paintings are full of light,shadow,colour,and life.He sought to show not just the outer image of his subjects,but their inner warmth and human

22、ity as well.B.PeriodReason of changeArtistsImpressionism(late 19th to early 20th century)The invention of photography Claude Monet,Renoir,Vincent van GoghB.Characteristics1.Convey light and movement rather than record the details of the scene itself.2.painted scenes of nature,daily life and people.3

23、.full of light,shadow,colour,and life.4.showed not just the outer image of the subjects,but their inner warmth and humanity as well.B.By Vincent van GoghB.Modern Art(from the 20th century to today)After Impressionism,subsequent artists began to ask,What do we do next?Painters such as Picasso(1881-19

24、73)tried to analyse the shapes which existed in the natural world but in a new way,with Cubism.Others gave their paintings a realistic but dreamlike quality.Still others turned to abstract art.What they attempted to do was no longer show reality,but instead to ask the question,What is art?B.Picasso(

25、1881-1973)(Spanish contemporary artist)He tried to analyse the shapes which existed in the natural world but in a new way,with CubismOthers gave their paintings a realistic but dreamlike quality.Others turned to abstract art,no longer show realityB.Picassos paintings of cubism B.Match the paintings

26、below with the correct period of art.Use the information in the reading passage to help you.ImpressionismModern ArtIn the middle agesThe RenaissanceB.A Girl with a Watering Can拿喷壶的女孩-RenoirGirl Before a Mirror镜前的少女-PicassoB.The Woman with the Veil披着面纱的女人-RaphaelFlight into Egypt入埃及记-Giotto di Bondon

27、eB.Discuss the following questions in groups.Then choose one to answer.1.Which period of Western art do you like most?Why are you fond of it?I like Modern Art most.There are many different styles within this period.The paintings of Modern Art can mean different things to different people.B.2.How wou

28、ld you answer the question,“What is art?”I think that art is anything that someone has created and is beautiful or produces emotion inside us.Art is not just painting and drawing.It can be photography,or cooking,or music,or dancing,or playing a sport.If it is done with skill and moves the viewer,then I think it is art.