Unit3 Art and architecture

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Unit3 Art and architecture
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The Temple of Heaven
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Taihe Dian
classical / ancient architecture
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The Opera House in Sydney
Modern architecture
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It looks like seashells or ship sails.
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The Opera House in Paris
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Which ones belong to modern architecture?
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Words and phrases
in different styles
in style ?? out of style
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• style
• go against
• concrete
• equal
• impress

• look around
• despite
• as if
• fill up with
• act as
• close to

go against peoples feeling of beauty
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in spite of
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Sth. impress sb.
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Modern architecture

• The text is about classical
• Chinese architecture.( )
• 2. Some modern architecture
• takes examples from nature.( )
• 3. The text is about parks
• and gardens. ( )

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Y
N
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Scanning the 1st and 2nd para

• 1. What does the 1st para. tell us?
• When was Modernism invented?
• Who invented Modernism?
• Why did they invent Modernism?

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Paragraph 1
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Architecture looks at the man-made living
environment.
Every great culture in the past had its own ideas
of beauty expressed in art and architecutre.
When you look around at buildings, streets,
squares and parks, you will find them designed,
planned and built in different styles.
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Scanning the 1st and 2nd para

1. When was Modernism invented?
2. Who invented Modernism?
3. Why did they invent Modernism?

Modernism in the 1920s by who society
withthat peoples of beauty. They wanted their
buildingsin a way to look .
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different
Whats the difference?
Modern architecture
Classical architecture
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materials
classical architecture
modern architecture
concrete
glass
stone
earth
wood
brick
Steel
What other materials do you know ?
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characteristics
modern architecture
classical architecture
How feel?
Huge like boxes with flat roofs, sharp corners
and glass walls that act as .
Beautiful much closer to nature
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What does it look like? Why did Jorn Utzon design
the Opera House like this?
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Autonio Gaudi
Sagrada familia
Casa Batllo
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Frank Lloyd Wright
Fallingwater House
Guggenheim Museum
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2008 Olympic Stadium
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The 2008 Olympic Stadium is designed by Swiss
architects Jacques Herzog(????) and Pierre de
Mellron.(???). Seen from the top,it looks as if
the stadium is covered by a gray net of steel,
and it looks just like a bird nest made of tree
branches.
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The main ideas of each paragraph

• 1.Architecture and culture
• 2.The idea of modernism
• 3.Materials of architecture
• 4.Modern architecture looks hard and unfriendly
• 5.Ancient architecture stands much closer to
  nature
• 6.Antonio Gaudi and his works
• 7.Six other modern architects and architecture
• 8.The new Olympic Stadium in Beijing

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Homework

• Review the words and phrases
• Do the vocabulary in your workbook