1、Warming up and Pre-reading,Part 3,背景阅读,Art has not always been what we think it is today. An object regarded as art today may not have been considered as such 1 _ it was first made, nor was the person who made it necessarily regarded as an artist. 2 _ the notion of “art” and the idea of the “artist”
2、 are relatively modern terms.,1. 引导时间状语从句，表示“当时”。2. 指“艺术”和“艺术家”这两个概念。,when,Both,Art lacks a satisfactory definition. It is easier to describe it 3 _ the way something is done “the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with
3、4” _ rather than what it is.,3. 搭配：describe .as . 将描绘成。4. 泛指的“别人”。,as,others,The idea of an object being a “work of art” 5 _(appear), together with the concept of the artist, in the 15th and 16th centuries in Italy. In the ancient world and middle ages, 6 _ word we would translate as “art” today was
4、 applied to any activity directed by rules.,5. 因是15、16世纪, 故用一般过去时。6. 受后面的定语从句限制, 表示特指, 用定冠词。,appeared,the,Painting and sculpture were included 7 _ a number of human activities, such as shoemaking and weaving, 8 _ today we would call crafts. Today the questions “What is art?” and “What is an artist?”
5、 today are not 9_ (easy) answered.,7. 指“在中”。8. 引导非限制性定语从句, 作call的宾语。9. 修饰谓语动词, 作状语, 用副词。,among,which,easily,According to William Rubin, director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, “there is no single definition of art.” The art 10 _(history)Thomas McEvilley agrees that today “more or less anyt
6、hing can be regarded as art.” The artist Robert Rosenblum believes that the idea of defining art is so far away today that he doesnt think anyone would dare to do it.,10. 空后是人名, 故应表明此人的身份, 填historian。,historian,notion n. 观念；概念definition n. 定义aesthetic adj. 美学的；审美的concept n. 概念 craft n. 工艺品,助读词汇,Thank you !,
