Unit3TheworldofcolorsandlightReadingVisitingtheMasters

Theartofpainting

hasbeenaroundformanythousandsofyears.mural壁畫

stilllifepaintingAstilllifeisaworkofartthatpresentsobjectsthatarenotmoving.ItwaspopularinWesternartsincethe17thcentury.Paintingsofnaturehavealwaysbeenpopular,bothinChinaandintheWestabstractartAbstractartisaboutshapes,colorsandtexturesratherthanobjects.Theabstractartistsusethistoshowthetruequalitiesoftheobjectsunderneaththeirappearance.

Manyartistsearnmoneybypaintingportraitsofrichandfamouspeople.

VisitingthemastersReadthee-mailonpage34quicklyandanswerthequestions.WhichcountrieshasLiMingvisitedonhistrip?

Spain,France,Netherlands.Fastreading2.HowmanydaysdidtheyspendinPairs?3.WhatdidMonetlovetopaintwhenhewasolder?Fourdays.Waterlilies.Countries:SpainFranceNetherlands2.CitiesMalagaParisAmsterdam3.MuseumsParis:LouvreMuseum&Museed’OrsayAmsterdam:VanGoghMuseumNotesonthetrip:Structureofthetext:Part1:()_____________Part2:()_____________Part3:()_____________Part4:()_____________12Introduction3--5InSpain

InFrance6--8InNetherlandsDetailedreadingPart1–Part2

TrueorFalse

Theauthorthinkhighlyofthetripanddecidedtostartpaintingwhengettingback.2.WestartedfromthecityofMalaga,wherePicassowasborn.3.Besidespainting,Picassoalsomadesculpturesandworkedwithallkindsofmediaandbusiness4.Picassoexperimentedwithdifferentstylesofpainting,butwasmostfamousforhisworkinImpressionism.TTFFWhatisCubism?Cubismisatypeofartwhichoftenusesacuteanglesandwheretheworldisrepresentedasbeingconstructedofcubesandrectangles.Part3WhatwastheauthorimpressedbywhenvisitingtheLouvreMuseum?Hewasimpressedbythepictureofaladywithamysterioussmile.2.WhatdiddaVincidobesidespainting?Hedesignedmanynewinventions,includingaprimitivefromofahelicopterandtank.3.InwhichmuseumcanyouseeMonet’swork?TheMuseed’Orsay.4.WhatisImpressionism?WithImpressionism,thepainterabandonstheideaofrepresentingthingsexactlyastheylookinaphotograph,butseekstoshowmovementandthefeelingsofthemoment,throughtheuseofcolours,lightandshadows.WhatwasthesadthingaboutVan

Gogh?Part4Hereceivedlittlerewardforhiseffort.Onlyonepaintinghadbeensoldbeforehedied.MonaLisa1503-15061452-1519ItalianLeonardodaVinciTheNightWatchman(1642)1606-1669DutchRembrandtThePotatoEaters(1885)

StarryNight(1889)1853-1890DutchVanGoghGuernica(1937)1881-1973SpanishPabloPicassoFamousPaintingDatesNationalityArtistEnglishWeekly35A2NewwordsMatchthenewwordsinPartDwiththecorrectdefinitions.Answers:1._____2._____3._____4._____5._____6._____7._____adfbgceReadthelifestoryofPabloPicassoinPartE.Completeitwiththegivenwords.oilpaintingconsensuswasofftorewardagents