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法國是一個美食、時尚和藝術都很著名的國家，它是各種繪畫運動的發(fā)源地，也是世界上最有影響力的畫家的故鄉(xiāng)?？藙诘隆つ?，文森特·梵·高，愛德華·馬奈和卡米耶·畢沙羅是畫家中的佼佼者，他們都對世界繪畫藝術產(chǎn)生了巨大的影響。

France is a country of great food， great fashion， and great art. It is also the birthplace of various painting movements and has been home to the worlds most influential painters in the world.

Claude Monet

Claude Monet started the Impressionist movement that completely changed the face of French painting in the second half of the 19th century. He developed a love for drawing at an early age， and would often fill his notebooks with sketches （素描）. He first started

out with selling charcoal （木炭） pictures in Paris and

started oil painting after meeting Eugene Boudin， who taught him to use oil paints， and also encouraged him to paint outdoors， a technique that he mastered later.

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh was a Post?Impressionist French painter of Dutch origin whose works had a huge influence on the 20th century art. His early works consisted more of somber （憂傷的） earth

tones. However， influenced by Gauguin， Monet， Pissarro， and Bernard， he adopted brighter colors in his works， he started experimenting with various techniques and formed his own. Having produced more than 2，000 works of art， the artist sold only one painting during his lifetime—Red Vineyard at Arles.

édouard Manet

édouard Manet， born on January 23， 1832， was one of the first artists to paint modern life. With his radical （激進的） painting style， he bridged the gap between Realism and Impressionism. He began to paint in his own style， maintaining some of Coutures techniques like the use of thick lines and dark colors. He was greatly influenced by Berthe Morisot， which can be seen in his use of light shades. Most of his paintings show scenes from daily life on the streets of Paris.

Camille Pissarro

Born on July 10， 1830 in Saint Thomas， Camille Pissarro moved to Paris in 1855， where he was taught by Camille Corot. In his early years， Pissarro painted scenes of a river or a path， from memory. However， he preferred to paint from real life， due to which his work was often criticized for being vulgar（粗俗的）. However， after meeting Claude Monet and Paul Cezanne， who shared his interest of painting in a more realistic style， he changed course to Impressionism. He did a majority of his work in France. However， he had to move to England during the Franco?Prussian War. After returning to France 20 years later， he discovered that only 40 out of his 1，500 paintings had survived. During his career， he experimented with various styles， including Georges Seurats Pointillism.

法國是一個美食、時尚和藝術都很著名的國家，它也是各種繪畫運動的發(fā)源地，同時也是世界上最有影響力的畫家的故鄉(xiāng)。

克勞德·莫奈

克勞德·莫奈開創(chuàng)了印象派運動，這一運動徹底改變了19世紀下半葉法國繪畫的面貌。他從小就喜歡畫畫，并且經(jīng)常在筆記本上畫素描。他開始是在巴黎銷售木炭畫，在遇見尤金·布丁之后開始畫油畫。尤金·布丁教他油畫，并鼓勵他在戶外創(chuàng)作油畫，這是他后來掌握的一種技巧。

文森特·梵·高

文森特·梵·高是后印象派荷蘭籍法國畫家，他的作品對20世紀的藝術產(chǎn)生了巨大的影響。他早期的作品更多的是陰郁的大地色調。然而，在高更、莫奈、皮薩羅和伯納德的影響下，他在作品中采用了更鮮艷的色彩，他開始嘗試各種技巧，并形成了自己的繪畫技巧。他創(chuàng)作了2，000多件藝術品，但他一生中只賣出了一幅畫——《阿爾特的紅葡萄園》。

愛德華·馬奈

愛德華·馬奈生于1832年1月23日，是最早畫現(xiàn)代生活的藝術家之一。他用激進的繪畫風格，彌合了現(xiàn)實主義與印象主義之間的隔閡。他以自己的風格作畫，但仍保留了一些老師庫圖爾的技巧，比如使用粗線條和深色。他深受貝爾特·莫里索的影響，這一點可以從他使用光影的角度看出來。他的大部分繪畫作品展現(xiàn)的都是巴黎街頭的日常生活。

卡米耶·畢沙羅

卡米耶·畢沙羅于1830年7月10日出生于圣托馬斯，1855年移居巴黎，在那里他接受了卡米爾·科羅的輔導。早年，畢沙羅常從記憶中畫河流或小徑。然而，他更喜歡依據(jù)現(xiàn)實生活繪畫，因為這個原因，他的作品經(jīng)常被批評為粗俗的。然而，他遇見了克勞德·莫奈和保羅·塞尚后，他們兩人都對更現(xiàn)實的繪畫風格感興趣，他轉向印象派。他大部分作品都是在法國完成的。然而，在普法戰(zhàn)爭期間，他不得不移居英國。20年后回到法國后，他發(fā)現(xiàn)他的1，500幅畫中只有40幅幸存下來。在他的職業(yè)生涯中，他嘗試了各種風格，包括喬治·蘇拉特的點彩畫法。

Reading check

閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。

1.Who was the founder of the Impressionist

movement？

A.Claude Monet.

B.Vincent van Gogh.

C.édouard Manet.

D.Camille Pissarro.

2.How do we know édouard Manet was influenced by Claude Monet and Berthe Morisot？

A.From his use of thick lines.

B.From his use of dark colors.

C.From his use of light shades.

D.From his paintings about daily life.

3.Camille Pissarro changed course to Impressionism .

A.soon after he moved to Paris

B.because he was criticized for being vulgar

C.after meeting two great painters of his time

D.when the Franco?Prussian War broke out

4.What do we know about the four painters according to the passage？

A.They were all French origin.

B.They all learned to paint outdoors.

C.They were taught by famous artists.

D.They had their own painting styles.

Language study

1.He developed a love for drawing at an early age， and would often fill his notebooks with sketches. 他從小就喜歡畫畫，并且經(jīng)常在筆記本上畫素描。

【點石成金】develop a love for... 表示“培養(yǎng)對……的愛好”。

句式仿寫

在大學期間，約翰培養(yǎng)了對鄉(xiāng)村音樂的特

殊愛好。

2.Vincent van Gogh was a Post?Impressionist French painter of Dutch origin whose works had a huge influence on the 20th century art.文森特·梵·高是后印象派荷蘭籍法國畫家，他的作品對20世紀的藝術產(chǎn)生了巨大的影響。

【點石成金】have an influence on... 表示

“對……有影響”。

句式仿寫

你應該意識到你對每天所做的事情可能對環(huán)境有很大的影響。

3.His early works consisted more of somber earth tones.他早期的作品更多的是陰郁的大地色調。

【點石成金】consist of... 表示“由……組成”。

句式仿寫

他們的用戶主要是由20歲以下青少年組成的。