电子教案 Book1—Unit5

Unit 5 Modern Art

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Drinker: also known as Portrait of Angel Fernández de Soto,is a portrait by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso completed in 1903 during his Blue Period. The oil painting depicts Picasso's friend and fellow painter, Angel Fernandez de Soto, in a bar with a glass of absinthe. The painting was previously owned by musical theatre composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. On 23 June 2010, the painting was sold at auction for £34.7 million. 《迪索多 肖像》(又名《饮苦艾酒者》

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2. Rembrandt: with the full name as Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669), was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history. His contributions to art came in a period of great wealth and cultural achievement that historians call the Dutch Golden Age when Dutch Golden Age painting, although in many ways antithetical to the Baroque style that dominated Europe, was extremely prolific and innovative. 伦勃朗

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Before Reading 3. Sherrie Levine: (1947-) is an American photographer and appropriation artist. Much of Levine's work is in the form of a very direct version of re-photography. A larger category of rephotography and collage is the impulse of artists using this kind of appropriation as its own focus — someone who pulls from the works of others and the worlds they depict to create their own work. 谢丽· 莱文妮

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Before Reading 4. Marcel Duchamp: (1887–1968) was a French artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. Duchamp is considered by some to be one of the most important artists of the 20th century, and his output influenced the development of post-World War I Western art. He advised modern art collectors, such as Peggy Guggenheim and other prominent figures, thereby helping to shape the tastes of Western art during this period. 马歇尔· 杜尚

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Before Reading 5. “signaling theory”: in economics, more precisely in contract theory, signaling is the idea that one party (termed the agent) credibly conveys some information about itself to another party (the principal). For example, in Michael Spence's job-market signaling model, (potential) employees send a signal about their ability level to the employer by acquiring certain education credentials. The information

al value of the credential comes from the fact that the employer assumes it is positively correlated with having greater ability.

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Before Reading6. Jackson Pollock: (1912–1956) was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his uniquely defined style of drip painting. During his lifetime, Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and notoriety. He was regarded as a mostly reclusive artist. He had a volatile personality, and struggled with alcoholism for most of his life. 杰克逊.波洛克

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Jackson Pollock and his works

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1. motivate (line 5, para 3) 1) vt. 使有动机，使产生动机；构成行为的动机，激起(行动), 促动： Kindness motivated the action. 仁慈是这一行动的动机。He was motivated by love,and expected nothing in return. 他是出自爱心，并不指望得到任何回报。

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motivate 2) 激发…的积极性(或学习兴趣): You have first got to motivate the children and then to teach them. 你首先得激发孩子们的学习兴趣，然后再去教他们。 to motivate kids to work hard at school 激发孩子们在学校里努力学习的积极性

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motivate3) 使(学习等)生动有趣： This book is thoroughly motivated. 这本书编得极有吸引力。

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contemporary [k n'temp r ri] (line 2, para 6)1) adj. 同时代存在的；同时代发生的；属于同一时期的 现代的，当代的 He rubbished most of the novels written by contemporary writers.

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contemporary [k n'temp r ri] (line 2, para 6)The ivory Buddha carved by Shen Weizhong, a contemporary Chinese sculptor, is the world's smallest piece of sculpture, its size being just fourfifths that of a grain of rice.

2) n. 生活于同一时期的人，同代人 同龄人；同时期的东西 (如同时期发行的报刊等)

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Splash (line 2, para 12) 1) vt. 溅湿,溅污(with);溅上(泥、水等)(on,over):My car was splashed over with mud. 我的车上溅满了泥污。 He splashed the soup on the table. 他把汤泼在了餐桌上。 Don't splash my shoes. 别溅到我的鞋上。

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Splash (line 2, para 12)2) 溅着水(或泥浆等)行进： He splashed his way across the pool. 他涉水 …… 此处隐藏：4720字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……