Unit3TheworldofcoloursandlightReadingVisitingthemasters1.Haveyouevervisitedanartmuseum?Ifso,whatwasyourexperiencelike?2.Whatdidyouseeintheartmuseum?Howdidyoufeelaboutwhatyousaw?3.Whatimpressedyouthemostinthemuseum?•Whattypeofpaintingisitandwhocreatedit?•Howdoyoufeelwhenyoulookatthepicture?•Doyoulikeit?Whyorwhynot?Readthee-mailonPage34quicklyandanswerthequestions.1.WhichcountrieshasLiMingvisitedonhistrip?Spanish,France,theNetherlands.2.HowmanydaysdidtheyspendinPairs?3.WhatdidMonetlovetopaintwhenhewasolder?Fourdays.Waterlilies.1.PabloPicassowasborninEngland.2.Picassowasn’tjustapainter.3.ThepaintingofMonaLisaisintheLouvreMuseum.4.LeonardodaVinciisanItalian.TrueorFalseFTTT5.MonetwasanAmericanpainter.6.VanGogh’searlypaintingswereabstract.7.Rembrandtlivedfrom1606to1669.TFFReadingatravelogue:thepurposeofthetripwheretheauthorwenthowlongtheauthorstayedineachplaceWhattheauthorsawanddidwhattheauthorthoughtabouttheplacesHowwelldoyouunderstandthee-mail?Readitagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.WhatdidLiMingthinkaboutMalaga?HethinksMalagaisalovelycityandthatthearchitecturethereisbeautiful.2.Whatiscubism?Cubismisatypeofartwhichoftenusesacuteanglesandwheretheworldisrepresentedasbeingconstructedofcubesandrectangles.3.WhatdidLiMingdoinPairs?HewenttotheLouvreMuseumandtheMuseed’Orsay.4.Whatisthemostvaluablepaintingintheworld?TheMonaLisa.Hedesignedmanynewinventions,includingaprimitivefromofahelicopterandtank.5.WhatdiddaVincidobesidespainting?6.InwhichmuseumcanyouseeMonet’sworks?TheMuseed’Orsay.AlthoughvanGoghcommittedhiswholebeingtopainting,hereceivedlittlerewardforhiseffort.Onlyonepaintinghadbeensoldbeforehedied.7.WhatwasthesadthingaboutvanGogh?8.InwhichcitydidLiMingseeRembrandt’spaintings?InAmsterdam.Fillineachblankwithnomorethanonewordaccordingtothetext.Visitingthemasters(1)______visitedMastersDetailedinformationMálagaPicasso●Picassowasa(n)(2)__________artistwithanoutputofmorethan20,000piecesofart,includingpaintingsand(3)_________.Placesproductivesculptures(1)_____visitedMastersDetailedinformationMálagaPicasso●Hetrieddifferentstylesofpainting,butwasbestknownforhisworkin(4)_______.ParisLeonardodaVinci●TheMonaLisapaintedbyLeonardodaVinciis(5)_______price.PlacesCubismbeyond(1)_____visitedMastersDetailedinformationParisLeonardodaVinci●Apartfrombeingapainter,daVinciwasalsoanarchitect,scientistandengineer,who(6)________manythings,includingaprimitiveformofahelicopterandatank.Placesdesigned(1)____visitedMastersDetailedinformationParisClaudeMonet●ThestyleofMonet’spaintings(7)________toImpressionism,withwhichheintendedtoshow(8)_________andthefeelingsofthemoment.●Inhisoldage,hemostlypaintedwaterlilies.belongedmovement(1)____visitedMastersDetailedinformationAmsterdamVanGogh●VanGogh’spaintingswerealso(9)_______ofImpressionism.●OneofhismostfamousoilpaintingsisThePotatoEaters.●Onlyoneofhispaintingswassold,for400francs,beforehedied,buttodayhispaintingsare(10)_________.typicalvaluableLiMingintroducedseveralartistsinhise-mail.Completethetablebelowwiththecorrectinformationaboutthem.ArtistNationalityYearsofbirthanddeathPabloPicasso1881-1973LeonardodaVinci1452-1519ClaudeMonetvanGogh1853-1890SpanishDutchItalianRembrandtDutchFrench1840-19261606-1669ArtistFamouspaintingYearofpaintingPabloPicassoGuernica1937LeonardodaVinciClaudeMonetvanGoghRembrandt1885188916421503-1506MonaLisaTheNightWatchThePotatoEaters;StarryNightImpression,Sunrise1872aanareaofdarknessbthedesignorstyleofbuildingcyourmindandallyourfeelingsdthematerialorformthatanartistusesMatchthesenewwordsfromthee-mailwiththeirmeanings.Writethecorrectlettersintheblanks.emorethanacertainnumberfworkout,figureoutgdevoteone’stime,energyormoneytosomething1architecture(Line8)_____2medium(Line10)_____3calculate(Line19)_____4shadow(Line32)_____5commit(Line39)_____6being(Line39)_____7upwardsof(Line42)_____adfbgceReadthefollowinglifestoryofPabloPicasso.Completeitwiththewordsinthebox.oilpaintingconsensuswasofftorewardagentsacuteAnswers:(1)__________(2)___________(3)__________(4)___________(5)__________(6)___________acuteoilpaintingwasofftoagentsconsensusrewardWorkinsmallgroups.Introduceeachartistmentionedinthearticletoothergroupmembers.Youcansearchmoreinformationabouttheseartistsafterclass.1.Isthereanartmuseuminyourcityortown?Ifthereisone,haveyouvisitedit?Ifyouhave,whatdidyouthinkoftheartthere?2.Doyouthinkweneedartmuseums?Whyorwhynot?3.Doyouthinkartisimportant?Whyorwhynot?HomeworkHomeworkGototheschoollibrarytosearchmoreinformationaboutthefamouspaintersandtheirworkswehavereadabout.Findtheimportantwords/expressioninyoureyesandtrytounderstanditbyyourself.
