lesson 1 a matter of taste lesson 1 a matter of taste by xiu xiaohong
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Lesson 1
A Matter of Taste
Lesson 1
A Matter of Taste
By Xiu xiaohong
knitting
painting paper cut calligraphy
china
Which kind of Chinese art do you like?
Lead in
Look at the three Chinese paintings.
Do you know the names and the painters
of the paintings?
Cabbage
Who drew these pictures?
Racing Horse
Match the paintings with the names andthe painters.
painters
Chen Yifei
Xu Beihong
Qi Baishi
paintings
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2
3
names
Racing Horse
Cabbage
Poppy
Read the text, please
Then answer the questions.
Task 1
1. Who is famous for drawing
pretty women?
Chen Yifei.
He is famous for his soft portra
its of beautiful women.
Qi Baishi
He draw simple pictures from
everyday life, such as vegetable,
flowers, birds and insects.
2. Who is more good at drawing
simple pictures we often see in
our life.
4. Who held exhibitions abroad
to advance Chinese art?
Xu Beihong.
3. Why did Chen Yifei use black
as the background of Poppy.To emphasize the woman even
more.
Racing horse
5. What is Xu Beihong’s master
piece?
Task 2
What characters do these
pictures have?
The moving hair on the horse’s
mane and tail shows a horse
running at high speed. Using
different shades of grey shows
the sweat along the horse’s
body. The painting of dark and
light colors is a favorite of
many art lovers.
To emphasis the woman
even more, Chen adds
lots of detail to her
dress and fan, and
choose to paint the
background black.
Leaves the audience
guessing and makes
them use their
imagination.
appreciate their works
Qi Baishi
Correct errors
1.Chen Yifei’s works is very valu
able, and one of his paintings so
ld at US$ 503,000.
2.The end of the novel leaves read
ers guess and imagination.
for
guessing
3.Her hand hold the fan is elegantly
positioned above her knees.holding
4. He traveled cross the country
and painted many pictures.across
5.It’s back eyes, that are fixed on t
he cabbage, show the creature’s
interest in the cabbage.
which
a∧
6.The painting of dark and light
color is favorite of many art
lovers.
Place of
exhibition
Dates of
exhibition
Name of artist
Read the texts and complete the notes.
Newman Gallery, in
Dinham
1July to 15 Sept
Xu Beihong, Qi Baish
i and Chen Yifei
Name of well-
known
paintings
Racing Horsing,
Cabbage and
Poppy
Subject of
paintings
Colors used
horsing galloping at high
speed; a tiny insect fixing
its eyes on the cabbage
nearby; a woman sitting
alone, deep in thought, her
hand holding the fan above
her knees.
black, grey, dark, light
Learn to describe the paintings!
How to describe a painting?（ sample）The painting was painted by
Qi Baishi who was one of
China’s greatest painters.
Across the painting, we can
see a dragonfly flying above
the river. Its eyes are fixed
on the lotus, showing its
interest in the lotus. I think
that this painting is vivid. 蜻蜓 : dragonfly荷花 : lotus
This painting was painted by…who…Across this painting, we can see…The front horse is …The painter drew in black ink to show …I think that/In my opinion/ I feel that…
This painting was painted by…who…Across this painting, we can see…It’s eyes…I think that/In my opinion/ I feel that…
This painting was painted by…who…In the painting, a beautiful young woman…She is…She is dressed in …A cat…I think that/In my opinion/ I feel that…
梳头发 :comb the hair
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