and frescoes, exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance.

This picture is Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione.

Van Gogh凡高(1853-1890)

　　Van Gogh was a Dutch painter who went to live in southern France and helped to develop the style of Post-impressionism. His paintings typically use bright colors and have thick lines .one of the most famous ones is Sunflowers .He is also known for being mentally ill and for cutting off one of his ears and later killing himself. Poor as he was during his life, his paintings are now extremely valuable and sold at very high prices. This picture is Sunflowers.

Claude Monet克劳德·莫奈(1840-1926)

　　He influenced the development of impressionism. He painted everyday objects. Monet had a fascination with light and that led him to not only paint this picture, but also several others showing the same effect on different objects. This picture is Sunrise.

Pablo Picasso毕加索(1881-1973)

　　Spanish artist. One of the most prolific and influential artists of the 20th century, Picasso excelled in painting, sculpture, etching, stage design, and ceramics. With Georges Braque he launched cubism (1906-1925), and he introduced the technique of collage. Among Picasso's masterpieces are Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937).

　This picture is Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. The above pictures can be used for Ss to talk about, and the teacher can give Ss a brief introduction to each of them.

　2. Group work

　Ask Ss to discuss in groups how to use the following words.

　realistic abstract sculpture gallery belief consequent

symbol renaissance focus religion possession perspective

convince impressionism shadow ridiculous controversial attempt

　predict aggressive scholar flesh geometry bunch 　3. Practice

　Match the words with the correct meanings:

[A] [B]