A Matter of Taste

1. A Matter of Taste Chinese Prints When and where will the exhibition be held? From July 1st to September 15th at the Newman Gallery in Dinham. Who will give a talk on Chinese painting? Dr Alison Enwright.

2. Names of artists: Names of well-known paintings: Subjects of paintings: Xu Beihong, Qi Baishi, Chen Yifei. Racing horse(奔马), Cabbage（白菜）, Poppy（罂粟花）. a horse running at high speed, a small insect looking at a cabbage, a young woman sitting alone and holding a fan above her knees.

3. A quiz 1.Many art critics like Xu Beihong’s paintings of _____colors . A. black and white B red and green C blue and light D dark and light 2.What tradition did Xu develop ? A soft portraits B dark and red colors C Imaginable landscapes D combing poetry with painting 3.People usually enjoy Qibaishi’s art works with much ______ A interest B care C sight D imagination 4. In Qi’s early youth, he mainly painted ________ A oil paintings B sceneries C simple images D water color paintings 5.We know ________was sold for US 503000 according to the texts. A Xu beihong’s Racing Horse B Chen yifei’s Poppy C Qi baishi ‘s Cabbage D one of Xu Beihong’ paintings

4. combine put together a public show the long hair on the back of a horse’s neck liquid that comes out of your skin when you are very hot the dark places in a picture looking directly for a long time the ability to form pictures or ideas in your mind belonging to a particular group or thing beautifully and gracefully to put something in a certain place to give particular importance to something exhibition mane sweat shades of grey be fixed on imagination typical elegantly position emphasise

5. combined…with…, exhibitions, mane, sweat, shades of grey, are fixed on, imagination, typical, deep in thought, elegantly, position, emphasise exhibitions 1.Between 1933 and 1940, Xu Beihong held several in Asia and Europe. He painting with poetry .Across the painting, Xu used different to show thealong the horse’s body.The moving hair on the and tail were painted in black ink. combined shades of grey sweat mane 2.The tiny insect near the cabbage has some red on its back. Its eyes are the vegetable.What does it want to do? The painting leaves the audience guessing and makes them use their. fixed on imagination typical 3. The painting, named Poppy, is a example of Chen Yifei.The woman in the picture sits alone and is .Her hand isabove her knees. To the woman even more, Chen adds a lot of detail to the fan and the dress, and paints the background behind the woman black. deep in thought elegantly positioned emphasise

6. prepositions of time: between 1902 and 1909 between 1933 and 1940 during his lifetime during his early youth prepositions of movement: travel across the country across the painting running across the sky along the horse’s body prepositions of place: on the left and right side near the cabbage on its back above her knees behind the woman

7. during his lifetime, across the painting, along the horse’s body

8. during his early youth, across the country, near the cabbage

9. above her knees, behind the woman

10. Homework: Write an e-mail and describe one of the pictures in the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony to your e-pal in Britain. Use as many new words in the text as possible. Thank you for coming!