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课件网) Developing ideas Unit 4 Art & Technology Activity 1 Watch the video and answer the questions. 1 How many artworks did you see 2 What methods did they use to create the artworks People create paintings with pencil, paper and paint, and create photographic artworks with cameras. 3. Do you think technology can be considered a form of art Compare your ideas with those of the author. Para3 How do people consider Michelangelo and others What does it imply Michelangelo and others have been labelled as "artists" rather than "technicians". This means that art and technology have always been seen as two very separate things. Activity 3 Read Para4—Para8 and complete the diagram. 1 have led to a combination of art and technology 2 Millions more people have been able to experience a digital version of Along the River During the Qingming Festival. 3 its creation 4 Digital paintings and videos. 5 its overall quality 6 A video of someone slicing a tomato played in slow motion. 7 making the line between art and technology less distinct 8 a new “Rembrandt painting” printed in 3D 9 where technology will take art next 10 definitely expect the unexpected Along the River During the Qingming Festival Think & Share 1 What effect do you think technology will have on art in the future 2 Do you know of any artworks created mainly by technology Share an example with the class. 3 What work of art can you create with the help of technology 4 Which of the two reading passages in this unit, both about the artists’ inspiration, do you prefer Why Activity 4 1 Divide each group in half. Each half takes a side in the debate. 2 Do further research to find more arguments and supporting examples besides those in the passage. 3 Organise your ideas from the most important to the least important. 4 Hold the debate. Hold a debate. Now think about your performance in the debate. Vote for a group member who performs the best. Ask them to share their experience. Whether technology has had a positive effect on art. 1 Think "art". What _____(你想起什么） Is it Greek or Roman sculptures in the Louvre, or Chinese paintings in _____ Palace Museum Or maybe, just maybe, it's a dancing pattern ( ) of lights comes to your mind the 模式;图案 Para 1 What can be considered as art Greek or Roman sculptures in the Louvre, the Chinese paintings in the Palace Museum or a dancing pattern of lights. 2 The artworks ____ American artist Janet Echelman look like colourful _____(float) clouds when they are _____(照亮；发亮） at night. Visitors to one of her artworks in Vancouver could not only enjoy looking at it, they could also _____ (和...互动) it— literally ( ). They did this by using their phones to change its colours and patterns. Exhibits ( ) such as these are certainly new and exciting, but are they really art by floating lit up interact with 确实，真的 展览品 Para 2 How does the artwork floating clouds by American artist Janet Echelman ... ...
