M8U3 Reading.ppt

Unit 3 The World of Colours and light,Whats the name of the film? Which famous artist and his masterpiece are mentioned in the film?,Watch the video and answer:,The Davinci Code 达芬奇密码,Mona Lisa 蒙娜丽莎 The Last Supper 最后的晚餐,Mona Lisa was created by Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian artist. This work is now preserved in the Louvre Museum in Paris.,Which type of painting does it belong to?,portrait 肖像画,What other types of painting do you know?,portrait (肖像画),A portrait is a painting that shows a person, particularly the shoulders and up. Many artists earn money by painting portraits of rich and famous people.,Mogao Caves,Mogao Caves murals 莫高窟壁画,A mural is a very large piece of artwork that is done on a wall. Murals can date back to prehistoric times(史前), such as the paintings on the walls of caves. Today, murals are painted on different surfaces.,still life (静物画),A still life is a work of art that presents objects that are not moving, like fruit and flowers. It was popular in Western art since the 17th century.,abstract art (抽象画),Abstract art is a type of art that does not show objects in a natural way. Instead, abstract artists present their view of the objects with colors or shapes.,paintings of nature (风景画),Paintings of nature can also be called “landscape”. A painting of nature always includes elements such as land, plants, man-made buildings and a very wide view. Sometimes, a painting of nature also presents water, a group of wild animals, people or the sky. They have been always popular in China and in the West.,still life,abstract,mural,a painting of nature (landscape),portrait,Reading Visiting the masters,An _ from _ to his friend about his visit to some famous _.,email,Li Ming,art museums,Reading strategy: reading a travelogue,a record that someone makes of his or her trip,* 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 he or she visited,游记,2. How many famous artists are mentioned in the email? Who are they?,1. How many museums are mentioned? What are they?,First reading,Malaga,Paris,Amsterdam,A museum near Picassos house,The Louvre Museum,The Musee dOrsay,The Van Gogh Museum,Another museum,Picasso,Leonardo da Vinci,Van Gogh,Rembrandt,Monet,Picasso,Spanish,Self-portrait Guernica,1972,Leonardo da Vinci,Italian,Mona Lisa,Van Gogh,Claude Monet,French,Water lilies Impression, Sunrise,Dutch,The Potato Eaters Starry Night,Rembrandt,Dutch,The Night Watch,1881-1973,1853-1890,1840-1926,1452-1579,1606-1669,1885 1889,1642,1503-1506,Second reading,Guernica 格尔尼卡,Water lilies 睡莲,Impression, Sunrise 日出印象,The Potato Eaters 吃土豆的农人,Starry Night 星空,The Night Watchman 夜巡者,Nationality:,Pieces of art:,Jobs:,Famous for:,Spanish,more than 20,000,paint; make sculptures; work with all kinds of media,Cubism立体派,a style of painting which often uses acute angles and where the world is represented as being constructed of cubes and rectangles.,Pablo Picasso,Malaga, Spain,Mona Lisa(1503-1506),his masterpiece 杰作,a lady with a mysterious smile,Nationality:,Jobs:,Italian,painter, architect, scientist and engineer,Louvre Museum, Paris, France,Leonardo da Vinci,the Louvre Museum,_ _ _ the works of da Vinci, it has more than _ other European paintings, which _ _ the 13th_the 19th _. We cant find any _ _ in it. If you want to see the modern paintings, you will have to go to another museum _ the Musee d Orsay.,the Musee dOrsay,6,000,range from,century,modern,paintings,called,to,In addition to,(1840-1926),Impressionism,Abandon the idea of representing things exactly as they look Seek to show movement and the feelings of the moment, through the use of colors, light and shadow.,Claude Monet,the Musee dOrsay, France,Type of art:,Painting subject：,Young: A wide variety Old: water lilies,Number of his art works:,His masterpieces:,800 oil paintings and 1,600 drawings,Type of art:,Impressionism,Starry Night (1889),The Potato Eaters(1885),Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Holland,Was he successful when he was alive?,No. With his brothers help, he sold only one painting for 400 francs before he died.,His masterpieces:,Time of birth and death:,Rembrandt,(1606-1669),The Night Watch(1642),Museum, Amsterdam, Holland,Use three sentences to introduce one artist mentioned in the passage.,Oral Practice:,