Patterns If the rules of perspective had not been discovered, people would not have been able to paint such realistic pictures.

If the rules of perspective had not been discovered, people would not have been able to paint such realistic pictures.

During the Renaissance oil paints were also developed, which made colours look richer and deeper.

But without the impressionists many of these painting styles would not exist.

The painter does not attempt to paint objects as we see them with our eyes...

When you walk into the gallery you feel like you are inside a huge white sea shell. Aids

Multimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams

Procedures

1. Warming up

⑴ Warming up by talking about what paining is

Hello, everyone. Today we shall read a passage entitled A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTING. But first what do you know about painting? Could anyone stand up to tell the class something about painting?