Unit4Paintingtheworld

1、Unit 4 - Painting the worldReading- The Vincent Van Gogh exhibitionBackground:An exhibition of some of the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh will open at the Cultural Centre next week. Read an art critics review of Van Goghs life and work.What if you had witnessed or heard of that incident at that time,

2、 what would you think of ?l l l l .Task 1- read paragraph one and find the topic sentence(the critics comment on Van Goghs life)he worked in an art dealers company.he went England and became a language teacher.he worked as a missionary among the poor in Belgium.he decided to become a painter.financi

3、al supportthe only person who believe in Van Goghs abilityhad difficulty getting along with people; often argued with themIn late 1888, he cut off part of his own ear.It would be easy to say that he was mad; yet, for most of his life he was completely sane.He took his own life.realistic, not abstrac

4、t; not like photographsbright colours and thick strokes make the strong feelings inside him visiblefull of powerful and honest emotions, which finally killed himWhat we want to know further about Van Gogh? Why did Van Gogh want to be a painter? How did Van Gogh view painting? To what degree did Van

5、Gogh depend on the financial support of his brother? From Van Goghs perspective, what kind of person is Theo? Why did Van Gogh cut off his own ear? Why did he take his own life? What kind of person was Van Gogh for most of his life? Could you find some evidence from the letters that shows the clarit

6、y of his thinking? What is Van Goghs painting concept? Was his painting (style) well accepted at that time?based on.para 2working experiencepara 3his brother,Theopara 4mentalconditionpara 5paintingstyleeach of you is going to explore one aspect of Van GoghStep 1 identify the part you are exploring a

7、nd fill in the blankunderline the key informationthink about the guiding questions and write down the answer What we want to know further about Van Gogh? Why did Van Gogh want to be a painter? Whats Van Goghs attitude towards painting as his career? To what degree did Van Gogh depend on the financia

8、l support of his brother? What kind of person is Theo? Why did Van Gogh cut off his own ear? Why did he take his own life? What kind of person was Van Gogh for most of his life? Could you find some evidence from the letters that shows the clarity of his thinking? What is Van Goghs painting concept?

9、Was his painting (style) well accepted at that time?based on.para 2working experiencepara 3his brother,Theopara 4mentalconditionpara 5paintingstyleStep 2 As an expert at a certain aspect of Van Gogh, you are going to introduce your part and answer the questions from other people.2 min- think about t

10、he Questions for exploration by yourself3 min- share your findings in a group of 3 or 44 min- prepare the report which contains your group members findingsReport pattern for referenceThe part I explored is about Van Goghs _.According to the text, .From the letter, I found that.I studied Van Goghs me

11、ntal problem part. From the text, we know that he had a kind of personality problem and couldnt get along well with people around him and often had quarrels with others. .In the letter of February 1886 , he used wooden this word to describe himself, which means he was just like a wood and couldnt understand others. At the same time, he had a difficult and disturbed time some ten years ago, with worry and distress and no friends, and that experience might be