辽宁省沈阳市第二十一中学高一英语（外研版，必修2）课件：Module4-Reading.pptVIP

* Module 4 Fine Arts – Western, Chinese and Pop Arts Let’s see some famous painters and their paintings. Pablo Picasso Roy Lichtenstein Qi Baishi Xu Beihong Wu Guanzhong (1919 – 2010) was a contemporary Chinese painter. His distinctive painting style, having successfully assimilated Western techniques of abstraction, is both Chinese in outlook and modern in conception. ????Have you heard of these artists? Do you know anything about them? Let’s listen to the tape and try to find more information about them. 1. Which art movement did Picasso start? 2. What does Pop art mean? 3. What are the common things between Qi Baishi and Xu Beihong? Discuss these questions with your partner. Read the passage carefully and fill in the table. Name Nationa- lity Achievements Characteristics Pablo Picasso Roy Lichten-stein Qi Baishi Xu Beihong Spanish American Chinese Chinese greatest western artist, started Cubism world famous Pop arts greatest traditional painter best-known 20th century artist different aspects of the object or person showing at the same time showing ordinary 20th century city life brush drawing in black inks and natural colors show reality, but not just imitate it Read paragraphs A - F and choose the correct answers. 1. The Cubist art movement ____. A. showed different sides of an object in the same picture B. is considered to be the greatest art movement of the twentieth century A 2. Pop art ____. A. advertised the twentieth-century life B. tried to show ordinary life in the modern world 3. Qi Baishi ____. A. painted in a very unusual way B. was a very traditional Chinese artist B B 4. Xu Beihong _____. A. wanted to do more than imitate reality B. tried to paint horses 5. Wu Hang ______ the picture of a golden- haired girl. A. loves B. dislikes A B *