外研社应用英语教程综合英语3教师用书Unit_8.pdfVIP

Unit 8 Art and Artists Text Analysis I. Background information 1. About the author The original Chinese book is written by Lin Ci, translated by Yan Xinjian and Ni Yanshuo. Lin Ci completed his postgraduate studies at the Zhejiang Academy of Art and the China Art Research Institute. A research fellow with the China Art Research Institute specializing in art history and visual arts, Lin has published widely on the subject of Chinese art and photography. 2. About the text The text is from Source: Lin Ci (2010). Chinese Painting (Yan Xinjian and Ni Yanshuo Trans.). Beijing: China Intercontinental Press. The essence of traditional Chinese paintings is a harmony between nature and human emotion, a combination of “heaven and human.” After learning this text, students can know more about the relationship between Chinese paintings and Chinese culture. II. General analysis of the text The essay analyzes the essence of traditional Chinese painting. The author thinks that traditional Chinese painting is an abstract art form. It is a harmony between nature and human emotion, a combination of “heaven and human.” Painter’s attitudes toward nature are very important. Chinese painters would like to achieve a non-material world in their mind. The natural world is not an object for them to make a true copy of; rather, it provides elements for them to build their own world on. Daoism is demonstrated when they are painting landscape. According to Guo Xi, a landscape should be “walkable” “visible” “accessible” and “livable”; the composition of a landscape should display the overall view in essence, i.e. the “great shape” and “the great view,” which is developed from Daoist theory; there are three types of remoteness for a mountain, i.e. the remoteness in height, in depth, and in horiz