Unit3Thewordofcoloursandlight学案牛津译林版选修8.doc

PAGE  PAGE 3 The word of colours and light Procedures ● Welcome to the Unit Step 1: Brainstorming The topics we are going to deal with are very familiar to you. They are related to art and painting. Do you like painting? Can you name some famous artists you like or you are familiar with? How many types of painting do you know? Please try to match the types with the right pictures. still life picture abstract picture mural a painting of nature a portrait Step 2: Sharing information Look at the following pictures. Picture 1: A mural What can you see in the picture? What is a mural? (A mural is a very large piece of artwork, such as a painting, that is done on a wall. Murals can date back to prehistoric times, such as the paintings on the walls of caves. Today, murals are painted on different surfaces.) What are the characteristics of a mural? (Compared with other types of paintings, murals are always larger in size and they are painted on the surfaces of walls. This feature makes murals very easy to attract public attention.) Do you know any famous mural painters and their works? (One of the most famous murals is Guernica by the Spanish cubist painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso. Another famous one is Water Lilies, which was created by the French impressionist Claude Monet in 1926.) Picture 2: A still life painting What can you see in this picture? What is a still life picture? (A still life is a work of art that presents objects that are not moving. It was popular in Western art since the 17th century.) What are the characteristics of still life pictures? (Still life paintings focus on objects such as flowers or fruit. This gives artists more freedom to arrange the elements in the picture than they do paintings of nature or portraits.) Do you know any famous still life painters and their works? (The history of still life paintings can date back to ancient Egypt. At that time, people believed that if they put the paintings of foo