名畫鑑賞家你來當How can one really appreciate art? Do more than look at a piece of art; enjoy it by Ruth Devlin
Perhaps you’re planning a trip to France or Italy. Besides admiring the fantastic architecture and eating outstanding food, you plan to see some fine art. But how do you really appreciate it and understand what you’re seeing?
Before you go
Do your homework. Find out the stories behind some of the great paintings you plan to see. Learn about some of the details the artist inserted to make the painting unique or special. Find out about the artist and what the culture was like during that period of time. Maybe even read about some of the painting techniques used. All this will help you appreciate what you’re seeing.
When you're there
Enjoy the piece of art. Stand in awe in front of it. Don't just take a photo and move on to the next painting, drawing or sculpture. Really look at it; study it from different angles. What emotions do you see? What colors are used? How do those colors create the mood of the picture?
The Mona Lisa
Take, for example, the most famous painting in the world-the Mona Lisa in the Louvre in Paris. People from all over the world throng to see her, take her picture and move on. Knowing more about her can help people appreciate her more. Painted over four years by Leonardo da Vinci beginning in 1502, she is thought to be Lisa Gherardini, a businessman's wife. To paint her, da Vinci used the sfumato technique, a time-consuming method that requires the artist to layer tiny dots of associated colors. The finished work gives the appearance of having no lines.
And then there is her smile. In the 1500s, women in portraits were not to smile widely nor look too serious. The mysterious smile of the Mona Lisa suits the culture perfectly. And it makes people wonder what she is smiling about. Eugene Delacroix, a 19the century French painter declared, "A picture is nothing but a bridge between the soul of the artist and that of the spectator" We should take time to cross that bridge.
Grammar
Stand in awe in front of it
awe-a serious feeling, a deeply move, make you quiet, respect for something.
in awe- a strong feeling by it's amazing, beauty and shocking experience.
*I was in awe after watching my friend eat eighty dumplings within 30 minutes.
*The pianist left the audience in awe of his outstanding performance.
Vocabulary
appreciate- being thankful, really enjoy it.
outstanding-excellent, out of usual, is unique.杰出的，卓越的
* The actress' outstanding performance won her much praise from the critics.
*The outstanding research team won the Nobel Prize.
insert-putting something inside of something else. 放进，添加，增添。
*The writer decided to insert an extra chapter at the end of the novel to make it more complete.
*The illustrator inserted a rainbow in the background of the page.
move on (idiom)-leave a place you've been or move forward quickly. 做新的事情的，做新的改变，或是往前走。
*After working as an assistant for 2 years, Susan thinks it's time to move on to something move challenging.
*The security guard instructed the crowd to move on without stopping at the exit.
throng-蜂拥而至，群聚。
throng to do something-蜂拥的去做某事。
*Thousands of fans thronged to watch Michael Jackson's film.
*The small town was thronged with tourists during the weekends. 挤满
time-consuming-很花费时间的，耗时的。 consume-消耗
*Coaching a football team is a time-consuming task. 一项耗日费时的工作
*Collecting all the required data for the research is incredibly time-consuming.
declared-announcing, 宣告，宣布，表示，宣战，宣称
*The congressman declared his support for the proposal. 表示
*He declared his innocence throughout his trial. 整个过程，宣称无罪
*The country had no other choice but to declare war on their enemy.宣战
mysterious-unknown, strange or may be is not perfectly understood.
suits-fits
associated colors- color related, color very close.
bridge-connecting, from one place to another place.
Louvre-a very famous museum in Paris. 罗浮宫
Chat Room
painting：
technique-way, method 专门的技术，技巧。
medium-媒介，此指画家使用的素材，如水彩，油画，蜡笔等。
genre-艺术类型
abstract art-抽象艺术abstract art is one of art genre.
beret-博雷帽，一种画家喜欢戴的帽子。
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portrait-肖像，肖像画。
portrait- 广义的讲，“一个人或一群人的照片，如“family portrait-全家福照片”或是指“人物的写照，描述，以书或电影方式来呈现，如biography (传记).
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