外研社book2module4-cultural corner.ppt

* Why do people like art ? Art makes people’s life rich and colorful. Learning art can improve people’s sense of beauty. Learning art can raise people’s IQ. What’s your impression of artists? Artists often have long hair. Most artists look a bit strange. Artists have good observing ability. Artists have rich imagination. Do you know any famous painters in the world? What do you know about them and their works? Zhangdaqian (1901-1984), born in Sichuan. Vincent Van Gogh He’s a painter of Holland. He’s famous for his idea of emotional expression in painting. His great works include Starry Night, Sunflower and Crows in the Wheat Fields. Starry Night Sunflower Green Wheat Fields Leonardo da Vinci He’s an Italian painter. He lived during the 15th and 16th century. He’s well known for his works like Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Mona Lisa The Last Supper Wu Guanzhong (1919 – 2010) was a contemporary Chinese painter. His distinctive painting style, having successfully taken in Western techniques of abstraction, is both Chinese in appearance and modern in conception. Let’s learn about a great western artist, Pablo Picasso. Name: Pablo Picasso Birthyear: Birthplace: At the age of 16: Moved to: Died: In 1881 Spain had his first exhibition France In 1973 At the age of ten was already an excellent artist Specialty: Achievement: He is the twentieth-century’s greatest western artist Periods time characters of works Picasso’s blue period Picasso’s pink period Picasso and Cubism 1902-1904 1904 - 1906 during the 1930s blue; showed poor, unhappy people’s life painted much happier pictures in the colour pink showed his feelings in a new way Read the passage again and fill in the blank. Guernica Picasso’s greatest painting Discussion : After reading the text, why is Picasso so great ? Because he freely used colours to express his feelings; and he invented Cubism which is a great contribution to arts. Language Points: 1. in his early twenties in one’s twenties “在某人二十多岁时”