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课件网) What do you know about these people Richard Wagner Zhu Guangqian a German composer best known for his operas a pioneer of Chinese modern aesthetics studies Auguste Rodin a French sculptor Pablo Picasso a Spanish painter Read the quotes and find out what do they have in common Inspiration comes from nothing but long-term practice. Zhu Guangqian I invent nothing. I rediscover. Auguste Rodin Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working . Pablo Picasso Imagination creates reality. Richard Wagner All of them create something and they need inspirations coming from their experience or daily life. Unit 4 Meeting the muse Period 1 Starting out&Listening Unit 4 Meeting the muse Muse: (in ancient Greek and Roman stories) one of the nine goddesses who encouraged poetry, music and other branches of art and literature ＊现指 a person or spirit that gives a writer, painter, etc. ideas and the desire to create things Watch the video and answer the questions. 1. Which artist is the video about Which of his works are mentioned 3. What inspired the artist Watch the video and answer the questions. 1.Which artist is the video about Which of his works are mentioned The video is about Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Mona Lisa and many drawings and notes of his ideas for his inventions including a parachute, a form of helicopter and a strange flying machine with flapping wings. 2. What inspired the artist The natural world, such as birds and their mysterious power of flight. art exhibitions Posters of art exhibitions Look at this poster, what information can you get about th exhibition Pay attention to the compound adjectives in bold. Match the compound adjectives in Activity 5 to their meanings. 1 _____: extremely impressive so as to take one’s breath away 2 _____: known by a lot of people 3 _____: making you feel great respect and admiration, and sometimes fear 4 _____: very good at doing something 5 _____: innovative, using new methods or achieving new results 6 _____: very expensive breathtaking well-known awe-inspiring highly-skilled ground-breaking over-priced highly-skilled breathtaking over-priced well-known ground-breaking awe-inspiring compound adjectives Read and talk Since the earliest cave paintings, humans have been exhibiting art on walls. There has always been a connection between artists and their works, their points of view, and the viewers. Bringing artworks together into an exhibition enables all of us to experience the works, to respond to, to enjoy and to connect with them. Art exhibitions can have many themes, such as a historical period, a location or a trend. Of them all, one everlasting source of inspiration is war and peace. Countless artists have been protesting wars and promoting peace via their works, including Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and Chinese artist Feng Zikai, to name just a couple. 1 What is the function of an art exhibition 2 What are the themes of exhibit ... ...
