Module 4 Fine Arts---Western, Chinese and Pop Arts

  general information：i’m studying…/i develop an interest in…
  likes：i enjoy…/i’m crazy about…/i am fond of…/i love…/i really like...
  dislikes：i can’t stand.。../i can get tired of…
  (2)listen to the tape again and filling the missing words.
paragraph a：
  this is a painting by the ____artist，pablo picasso，  ____the greatest western artist of the twentieth century.picasso and another painter，george braque，started cubism，one of the most important of all modem_____.cubist artists painted objects and people，with different____0f the object or person showing at the same time.
paragraph b：
this painting by contemporary____ artist roy lichtenstein(1923～1997)is a world famous____ of pop art.pop art(from the word“popular”)was an important modern art movement that _____show ordinary twentieth-century city life.for example，it shows things such as_____ calls and advertisements.
paragraph c：
qi baishi(1863～1957)，one of china’s greatest painters,____ the traditional chinese style of painting.chinese painting______ its brush drawings in black inks and natural colours.qi baishi ______the world of nature very carefully，and his paintings are ______ because of this.
paragraph d：
  xu beihong(1895～1953)was one of china’s ______twentieth—century artists.like qi baishi，xu painted in the traditional chinese style.both painters have a beautiful brush ____.xu beihong_______ that artists should show _____，but not just _____it.instead，a picture should try to show the“life”of its subject.he is most famous for his_____ paintings of horses.
paragraph e：
    i’m studying art at school，and i enjoy it a lot，although i can ____looking at pictures ______.i ____the paintings of qi baishi，and this ____picture of the little shrimps is such a lovely example of his work.but i ____that picture of a golden—haired girl.i think it’s stupid.
paragraph f：
    my parents _____going to art galleries and often take me with them，so i’ve  ____art.i must say，i love that picture of the six horses.they look so____.it’s by a chinese artist，isn’t it? i call____ the style.i think the painting of the young girl is probably by picasso.i really like him.i think he’s an_____ artist.
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