1、Warming upwealth5.very funny, silly or unreasonable6.causing discussion and disagreement7.to make sb believe that something is true8.foretell; to say something will happen in the futurealleryymbolocusossessionidiculousontroversialonvinceredictScanning:Part One An Introduction to the History of Weste
2、rn PaintingGo through the part and answer the following questions:What influences art?The way of life and beliefs of the people.Why has Chinese art changed less?Because China has followed a similar way of life for a very long time.Why cant the text describe all the styles of western art?Because ther
3、e are too many different styles. Part Two The Middle Ages(5th to 15th century AD)Read the part carefully and fill in the blanks:In the _ of the Middle Ages, artist showed much _ in showing respect and love for God _ _ showing nature and people as they really were. And paintings from this period are
4、_ with religious _. _, things had begun to change by the 13th century when some painters, _ _ Giotto di Bondone _ a more realistic style of _ religious scenes.periodinterest insteadoffilledsymbols Howeverfor example createdpaintingGiotto di Bondone (1267 - 1337). Florentine painter and architect. He
5、 was recognized as the first genius of art in the Italian Renaissance. Giotto lived and worked at a time when peoples minds and talents were first being freed from the shackles of medieval restraint. He dealt largely in the traditional religious subjects, but he gave these subjects an earthly, full-
6、blooded life and force. Now lets know Giotto di Bondone and one of his paintings and some other paintings at that time.Giotto di Bondone乔托 迪 邦多纳 犹大之吻 圣母与圣婴圣母与圣婴天使报喜 织锦画Part Three The Renaissance (15th to 16th century)Reading the part and deal with the following problemsWhat?Why?Result?took the place
7、 of, became focusedmore on.Rich peoplecollect art for, paid to paintthemselves, houses, possessions, activities, achievementsreturned to, tried to paint as .Fill in the blanksPainters then _ how to draw things _ _. And Masaccio was _ _ _use perspective in his paintings.When his paintings _ _ _ , peo
8、ple _ _ _ their reality. _ the rulers of perspective not been discovered, people wouldnt have been able to paint such realistic pictures. And oil paints _ made colors look richer and deeper.discovered in perspectivethe first towere first seen were convinced of HaddevelopmentMasaccio(1401-1427), the
9、first great painter ofthe Italian Renaissance,whose innovations inthe use of scientificperspective inauguratedthe modern era inpainting. Now lets know Masaccio and hispaintings, another two painters at that time Leonardo da Vinci and Raffaello Sanzio and their most famous paintings and some otherpaintings at that time.
