
作者:济宁嘉祥一中 李凤臣老师




T: Good job! Now, before learning the text in detail, I wonder, how much do you know about Western art?
Ss: ...
T: OK! Let’s have a check. Here is a match task. 5 seconds for you.
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T: Time is up. Let’s check the answers.
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T: Now, read the left parts of the text and draw a timeline to show the development of Western painting over the centuries. 5 minutes for you.
Ss: OK!
T: Now, show me your timeline.



T: Let me show you a painting from the the early Middle Ages to help you find the characteristics.
Ss: ...
T: Good job!

T: Now, compare the two paintings, what do the two paintings have in common?
Ss: They all have religious theme.

T: Right! What are the characteristics of Giotto’s paintings?
Ss: ...
T: Excellent!

T: Can you use your own words to repeat the information in the table?
Ss: ...
T: Wonderful!

T: OK! Let’s go to the next period, the Renaissance.



T: About the characteristics, first, look at the paintings. Do you know them?
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T: Compared with the paintings in the Middle Ages, what is the big difference in the Renaissance?

Ss: Less religious themes.
T: Right.

T: Look at the two pictures, do they make you feel different?
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T: Finish? OK, now let’s watch a video to know more about perspective.


Ss: the second one.
T: Look at the painting, what kind of painting it is? Ink painting or oil painting?

Ss: Oil painting.


Ss: Deep colours and realism and look like photographs.
T: What did the emphasis shift to?
Ss: The emphasis shifted to people and the world around us.





Ss: They are playing cards.
T: Yes, did you find that these two guys are cheating?
Ss: Haha, yes!

T: So it shows that painters in this period also like to record beautiful and interesting things. Do you agree?
Ss: Yes!
T: Could you list some famous artists of this period?

Ss: Masaccio, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Rembrandt.




T: Look at the painting drawn by Renoir, is it beautiful? What do you feel?
Ss: Yes, I feel ...
T: About the characteristics of the Renoir’s paintings, can you fill in the blanks here?
Ss: Renoir’s paintings are full of light, shadow, colour and life. He sought to show not just the outer image of his subjects, but their inner warmth and humanity as well.



Ss: ...
T: Focusing on the details of the painting, you will find a lot of shapes in it, right?
Ss: Yes.
T: So what is the characteristic of Picasso’s paintings?

Ss: To analyse shapes of the natural world in a new way, with Cubism.





T: OK, everyone, what is art? How would you answer the question?
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T: After reading the whole passage, can you list the factors that have influenced the changes in Western painting styles?
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T: Now since you have known something about the Western paintings, can you name the paintings below with the correct period of art? And can you guess who drew these paintings?
Ss: ...



T: For example:

Ss:OK, no problem!

T: All right! That’s all for today. Class is over.
Ss: Thank you, Mr. Li.

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