Pre-reading 1.Do you ever visit art galleries? What kind of paintings have your ever seen? 2.Can you spell out the names of some famous Western artists and tell me in which century they lived?
3. If the rules of perspective had not been discovered, people would not have been able to paint such realistic pictures. (P2第3段第5行)
It means that people discovered the rules of perspective, so that they painted such realistic pictures.
Symbol of longevity(长寿) and often shown together with a pine-tree and a stone, two other symbols of longevity.
Crane (墨僧)
Lotus (Lian-Hua, He) 逊;端庄). (郭怡宗5.5万)
3.If you were an artist, what kind of pictures would you paint?
4. What would you rather do--- paint pictures, make sculptures, or design buildings? Why?
Look at the paintings in this unit and discuss the questions 1. Which would you choose to put up on the walls of our classroom? And why? 2.Would you rather have Chinese or Western paintings in your home? Give your reasons.