Task 1: Different themes during different history periods

5th C AD 15t

h 16t

h 19t

h 20th

The Middle Ages

The RenaissanceImpressionism

Modern Art

Ⅰ History Period

Ⅱ Painting Theme?Religious themes,

Humanistic attitude to life,

Outdoors(light and shadow),

Abstract: Certain qualities of the object,

realisticPerspective,New oil paints

Religious symbols

Not detailed

Middle Ages

Renaissance

Impressionism

Modern art

Summary: Read the text again, and fill in the blanks.

• The style of Western art has changed many times . Art is influenced by the ____and_______ of a people.

• During the Middle Ages, the main_____ of painters was to represent _______themes. A typical picture at this time was full of religious symbols, which creates a feeling of _____ and ____ for God.

• In the Renaissance, people began to_________ less on religious themes and _______a more _______ attitude to life. Artists tried to paint _____ and _______ as they really were.

• Masaccio used___________ in his paintings which made people________ they were looking through a hole in the wall at a real scene.

• In the late 19th century, Europe changed a great deal from a mostly_________ society to a mostly_________ one. The ___________were the first to paint_______. They had to paint quickly and their paintings were not as _________ as those of earlier painters.

• Today people accept impressionists’ as the beginning of modern. Some modern art is _______while some is________.

• The style of Western art has changed many times . Art is influenced by the ________and_______ of a people.

customs faith

•During the Middle Ages, the main_____ of painters was to represent _______themes. A typical picture at this time was full of religious symbols, which created a feeling of _____ and ____ for God.

aim religious

respectlove

•In the Renaissance, people began to_________ less on

religious themes and _____a more _______ attitude to life. Artists tried to paint _____ and _______ as they really were.

concentrated

people

nature

humanisticadopt

•Masaccio used___________ in his paintings which made people________ they were looking through a hole in the wall at a real scene.

perspective

convinced

In the late 19th century, Europe changed a great deal from a mostly_________ society to a mostly_________ one. The ___________were the first to paint_______. They had to paint quickly and their paintings were not as _____ as those of earlier painters.

agricultural industrial

impressionistsoutdoors

detailed

Language points in Unit1

A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN

PAINTING

LANGUAGE POINTS

• 1. Art is influenced by the customs and faith of a people.

• be influenced by 被…影响 • One’s mood can be influenced by weather.• 你的健康受你的生活习惯影响。• Your health is influenced by your living habits.• A people, peoples 民族• Different peoples can share a common language.

• 2.As there are so many different styles of Western art, it would be impossible to describe all of them in …

It is/was impossible/possible （ for sb.) to do sth.

做某事是不可能 / 可能的• It is impossible for me to be there before 8:00.• It is evident/clear/obvious that…• It is evident that China is a big market.• It is evident that you have made the same mistake.

3. consequently: as a result/ as a consequence He hadn’t studied hard. Consequently, he didn’t pass the

exams.Mr. Adam has never been to China, and consequently, he

knows very little about it.4. they were convinced that they were looking through a h

ole…• convince sb. of sth./that… 使某人相信某事 • sb. be convinced that+ 从句 / of sth.…. sb 确信…• What convinced you of this? • 是什么使你相信这一点的呢？• I was convinced that her father was innocent. • 我确信她父亲是无辜的。 • He convinced me that his father was innocent.• I’m convinced of he ______ said.what

• 5. They were eager to show …• They are eager to join in the activity.• 6. There are scores of modern art styles, • score 二十 3 score dozen 一打 3 dozen • scores of 许多 dozens of • 类似用法： hundred, thousand, million…• There they spent scores of difficulty years.• Scores of shoppers entered the supermarket.

• 7. At the time …, but today they are accepted as the beginning of what we call “modern art”.

• 我不知道你想要什么？• I don’t know what you want?• 你现在做的事情对我来说很重要。• What you are doing is important to me.• 那正是我想说的。• That is just what I want to say.

• be influenced by• a people• consequently• concentrate on…• as well as • by coincidence • a great deal • lead to

• 受…影响• 一个民族• 因此，所以• 专心于，把思想集中于 • 除了…以外还有…• 巧合的是• 许多，大大地• 导致

• break away from• be eager to• become angry about…• scores of• On (the) one hand• On the other hand,• in the future

• 摆脱…• 渴望…• 对…感到不高兴

• 许多• 一方面 ,… 。 另一方

面，…。

• 将来