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课件网) Unit 4 Amazing Art Writing & Presenting ideas To watch Van Gogh's painting Sunflowers, read the introduction of the painting, express your own opinions on the painting, learn to appreciate and describe the artist's works in the language you have learned. To introduce a neighbourhood artist. Learning objectives Writing about an artwork 视频：Vincent van Gogh Lead-in Background information Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and self-portraits, and are characterised by bold colours and dramatic, impulsive and expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art. Not commercially successful, he struggled with severe depression and poverty, eventually leading to his suicide at age thirty-seven. Read the museum introduction to the painting and answer the questions. 5 Sunflowers Arles, January 1889, Vincent van Gogh(1853-1890) oil on canvas, 95 cm x 73 cm Van Gogh's sunflower paintings are among his most famous, and this one was completed in Arles in 1889. It shows sunflowers in a vase, mostly in three shades of yellow. The colours of the flowers range from bright yellows to brownish yellows, showing that the flowers are at different stages of life. The sunflower paintings held special meaning for Van Gogh.When his friend Paul Gauguin, who was also a famous painter, came to live with him for a while, he hung the first two in his guest's room to welcome him. 向日葵 阿尔勒，1889年1月，文森特·梵高（1853-1890）布面油画，95厘米x 73厘米 梵高的向日葵画是他最著名的画之一，这幅画是1889年在阿尔勒完成的。 它展示了花瓶里的向日葵，大部分是三种深浅不同的黄色。 花朵的颜色从亮黄色到棕黄色不等，表明花朵处于生命的不同阶段。 向日葵画对梵高有着特殊的意义。 当他的朋友保罗·高更，也是一位著名的画家，来和他一起住一段时间时，他把前两幅画挂在他的客房里欢迎他。 Pre-writing 1 What else do you know about Van Gogh’s sunflower paintings 2 What do you think of this one Read the museum introduction to the painting and answer the questions. 5 1 What else do you know about Van Gogh’s sunflower paintings Sunflowers (original title, in French: Tournesols) is the title of two series of still life paintings by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. The first series, executed in Paris in 1887, depicts the flowers lying on the ground, while the second set, made a year later in Arles, shows a bouquet of sunflowers in a vase. In the artist’s mind both sets were linked by the name of his friend Paul Gauguin, who acquired two of the Paris versions. About eight months later van Gogh hoped to welcome and to impress Gauguin again with Sunflowers, now part of the painted Décoration ... ...
