Art

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Unit 1

• Art

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painting
photography
pottery
sculpture
calligraphy
literature
embroider

• art

fashion
music
opera
architecture
paper cutting
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• A Short History of Western Painting

___________
___________

• oil painting
• water color
• landscape
• cartoon
• figure drawing
• sketch

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Chinese painting VS Western painting

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• 1

• 2

• 4

• 5

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Chinese painting

• about nature, such as mountain, water,
  bird-and-flower, etc.

• harmony and peace.

Western painting

• about religion, human
• abstract, rich in color, oil, line and shape

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• A Short History of Western Painting

___________
___________
___________
Changes Different periods Different
characteristics
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Time
Period
AD5th---15th
The Middle Ages
15th---16th
The Renaissance
Late 19th---early 20th
Impressionism
20th ---today
Modern art
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Impressionism
Features The paintings were not as ________ as
those of earlier painters.
not detailed
detailed

• Why?

• Starry Night

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The Middle Ages
Features The main aim of painters was to
create _______________________.
religious
respect and love for God
full of religious symbols

• Virgin and Child

• Why?

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The Renaissance
Features People became _______ more on humans
and less on religion.
focused
pay to paint pictures of and their __________
possessions

• Mona Lisa

• Why?

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Modern art
Features Some modern art is ________. Painters
do not attempt to paint objects as we see them
with our eyes. Painters concentrate on certain
________ of the object, using color, line and
shape to represent them.
abstract / realistic
abstract
On the other hand, some modern art is ________.
realistic

• Seated Woman

qualities
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Detailed Reading True or False
1. Western art has changed very little over the
last seventeen centuries. 2. Painters in the
Middle Ages painted mainly religious subjects. 3.
Paintings in the Middle Ages were very
realistic. 4. Renaissance painters tried to paint
things in a realistic way.
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T
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T
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5. Two important discoveries in the Renaissance
period were oil paints and drawing in
perspective. 6. Impressionists painted their
pictures mainly indoors. 7. At first people did
not like the impressionists paintings. 8. Modern
art began with the impressionists.
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F
T
T