[00:00.00]Chapter 8
[00:01.38]Chinese Art
[00:02.21]In this unit,you will practise giving information about traditional Chinese fine arts,
[00:09.16]review frequency adverbs,time expressions,and the infinitive of purpose,
[00:16.79]learn about a suffix to make adjectives from nouns, a suffix to make personal noun
[00:23.50]and the use of the gerund,
[00:25.93]expand your vocabulary in the areas of colours, art forms, and materials.
[00:33.09]Part 1
[00:34.79]Pre-listening Exercises
[00:37.77]Exercises 1(b)
[00:41.00]fine ar
[00:42.65]tradition
[00:43.93]painti
[00:45.39]subje
[00:46.67]depi
[00:48.21]go
[00:49.65]spiri
[00:51.22]figur
[00:52.89]landsca
[00:54.41]wat
[00:55.87]harmo
[00:57.17]natu
[00:58.61]hum
[00:59.68]arti
[01:01.17]stu
[01:02.66]pai
[01:03.99]natur
[01:05.48]objec
[01:07.02]bir
[01:08.69]flowe
[01:10.21]Exercises 2(b)
[01:13.34]pi
[01:14.91]so
[01:16.45]gl
[01:17.92]miner
[01:19.30]pigmen
[01:21.13]extrac
[01:23.01]scrol
[01:25.00]earlie
[01:26.61]dat
[01:28.16]pap
[01:29.46]rece
[01:31.08]tre
[01:32.75]Comprehension Exercises
[01:35.57]Exercises 3(b)
[01:38.42]Guest:I'm going to visit some museums. What do I need to know about early Chinese fine arts?
[01:46.62]Host:Well, you'll see that Chinese paintings have three main subjects: figure
[01:53.02]landscapes, and natural objects such as flowers and birds.
[01:58.95]Paintings from the Han dynasty - that's around 206 B.C. to A.D. 220 - usually depict peopl
[02:11.39]gods, or spirits, but in the Song dynasty - that's around A.D. 960 to 1279 - landscapes were the main subjec
[02:26.64]These landscapes were called "Shanshui", which means "mountain and water", because that is what they depicte
[02:37.38]The landscapes showed the harmony between nature and the human spiri
[02:44.30]Artists also began to study nature and to paint birds, flowers and trees, as well as landscapes.
[02:54.20]The paint was usually black, made of pine soot and glu
[03:00.63]The artists sometimes used mineral pigments or vegetable extracts to add colour to their painting
[03:10.32]Artists have often painted on silk scroll
[03:14.76]The earliest silk painting is from before the Han dynasty - it dates from around 400 B.C. Paintings on paper are more recen
[03:28.19]The earliest painting on paper dates from around A.D. 400.
[03:34.59]Pronunciation Exercises
[03:37.44]Exercises 4(b)
[03:40.49]three main subjec
[03:43.63]natural objec
[03:46.27]flowers and bir
[03:49.06]people, gods or spiri
[03:52.69]birds, flowers and tre
[03:55.96]bamboo and roc
[03:58.60]made of pine soot and gl
[04:02.67]the main subje
[04:04.92]mountain and wat
[04:07.45]what they depict
[04:09.88]nature and the human spir
[04:13.62]to study natu
[04:15.99]mineral pigmen
[04:18.63]vegetable extrac
[04:21.48]the earliest silk painti
[04:24.35]more rece
[04:26.47]dates fr
[04:28.11]Exercises 5(b)
[04:31.22]Chinese paintings have three main subjects.
[04:35.61]Paintings from the Han dynasty usually depict people, gods or spirits.
[04:42.38]In the Song dynasty, landscapes became the main subject.
[04:47.50]These landscapes were called "mountain and water".
[04:51.28]The lanscapes showed the harmony between nature and the human spirit.
[04:57.16]The paint was made of pine soot and glue.
[05:00.77]Artists used mineral pigments or vegetable extracts to add colour.
[05:06.96]The earliest silk painting dates from around 400 B.C.
[05:11.79]Paintings on paper are more recent.
[05:15.29]Consolidation Exercises
[05:18.43]Exercises 6.
[05:20.80]Guest:I'm going to visit some museums. What do I need to know about early Chinese fine arts?
[05:28.85]Host:Well, you'll see that Chinese paintings have three main subject
[05:33.65]figures, landscapes, and natural objects such as flowers and birds.
[05:39.48]Paintings from the Han dynasty - that's around 200 B.C. to A.D. 220-usually depict peopl
[05:49.28]gods, or spirits, but in the Song dynasty - that's around A.D. 960 to 1280 - landscapes were the main subjec
[06:00.80]These landscapes were called "Shanshui", which means "mountain and water
[06:07.48]because that is what they depicted. The landscapes showed the harmony between nature and the human spiri
[06:15.14]Artists also began to study nature and to paint birds, flowers and trees, as well as landscapes.
[06:22.82]The paint was usually black, made of pine soot and glu
[06:27.88]The artists sometimes used mineral pigments or vegetable extracts to add colour to their painting
[06:35.07]Artists have often painted on silk scrool
[06:38.78]The earliest silk painting is from before the Han dynasty - it dates from around 400 B.C. Paintings on paper are more recen
[06:49.25]The earliest painting on paper dates from around A.D.400.
[06:54.50]Exercises 7(b)
[06:57.85]1)Many Chinese paintings depict landscapes and nature.
[07:04.35]2)Other subjects are birds, trees and flowers.
[07:10.73]3)In the Song dynasty, the main subject was usually landscape.
[07:18.09]4)Shansui means mountain and water.
[07:23.39]5)Artists made black paint from pine soot and glue.
[07:30.37]6)Sometimes they used mineral pigments for colour.
[07:37.14]7)Artists often painted on silk.
[07:42.80]8)The earliest silk painting dates from 400 B.C.
[07:48.63]Expansion Exercises
[07:51.74]Vocabulary Development
[07:54.32]Exercises 8(b)
[07:57.51]bl
[07:58.82]re
[08:00.15]gre
[08:01.22]yell
[08:02.47]bro
[08:04.02]azu
[08:05.53]aquamari
[08:07.39]coba
[08:08.51]turquoi
[08:10.10]crims
[08:11.59]scarl
[08:12.98]vermili
[08:14.18]magen
[08:15.48]emera
[08:16.79]och
[08:17.89]sep
[08:19.30]Word Building
[08:21.15]Exercises 9(b)
[08:23.92]harmony
[08:25.85]harmonious
[08:28.02]study
[08:29.59]studious
[08:31.73]ceremo
[08:33.74]ceremonio
[08:35.91]fu
[08:37.48]furio
[08:39.33]glo
[08:40.98]glorio
[08:43.12]luxu
[08:45.13]luxurio
[08:47.07]melo
[08:48.63]melodio
[08:50.64]myste
[08:52.68]mysterio
[08:54.69]va
[08:56.34]vario
[08:58.32]Part 2
[08:59.81]Pre-listening Exercises
[09:02.56]Exercises 1(b)
[09:05.69]featur
[09:07.05]calligrap
[09:08.64]alrea
[09:09.97]bru
[09:11.28]writi
[09:12.38]inscriptio
[09:14.36]poe
[09:15.77]i
[09:17.18]design
[09:18.83]pa
[09:19.98]bristl
[09:21.42]anim
[09:22.85]ha
[09:24.21]fi
[09:25.39]poi
[09:26.90]chan
[09:28.63]Exerciese 2(b)
[09:31.86]ang
[09:33.59]pressu
[09:35.13]lin
[09:36.88]skil
[09:38.68]sig
[09:40.64]educat
[09:42.21]sty
[09:44.09]calligraph
[09:45.89]develop
[09:47.38]versi
[09:49.05]contempora
[09:50.93]conta
[09:52.81]Comprehension Exercises
[09:55.61]Exercises 3(b)
[09:59.40]Guest:Your paintings often contain calligraphy too,don't they?
[10:03.79]Host:Yes.Chinese paintings have featured calligraphy for hundreds of years.
[10:10.84]In the Shang Dynasty - that's around 1750 to 1120 B.C. - people were already using the brush for writin
[10:22.86]Then painters began to write beautiful inscriptions on their painting
[10:29.28]The inscriptions were often poems written by the artis
[10:34.82]The poem was written in black ink, and was designed as part of the pictur
[10:42.11]The artists use the same brushes for painting and calligraph
[10:47.75]The brushes have bristles of animal hair, with a very fine poin
[10:54.86]Artists change the angle of the brush, and the pressure, to paint many different kinds of line
[11:04.00]The skills of calligraphy and painting were two of the traditional signs of an educated person.
[11:12.44]Guest:Are there different styles of calligraphy?
[11:15.65]Host:There were five important traditional styles of calligraph
[11:20.90]Artists developed their own versions of the styles use
[11:25.52]Contemporary calligraphers still learn these five styles.
[11:30.96]Pronunciation Exercises
[11:33.88]Exercises 4(b)
[11:36.91]for hundreds of yea
[11:39.84]using the bru
[11:42.16]beautiful inscriptio
[11:45.35]written by the arti
[11:48.25]in black i
[11:50.44]designed
[11:53.03]part of the pictu
[11:55.69]the same brush
[11:58.54]painting and calligrap
[12:01.34]bristles of animal ha
[12:04.73]a very fine poi
[12:07.66]the angle of the bru
[12:10.61]different kinds of lin
[12:14.01]the traditional sig
[12:17.40]an educated pers
[12:20.49]traditional styl
[12:23.38]their own versio
[12:26.26]contemporary calligraphe
[12:29.52]Exercises 5(b)
[12:32.63]Chinese painters have used calligraphy for hundreds of years.
[12:38.48]In the Shang dynasty, people were already using the brush for writing.
[12:44.44]Painters began to write inscriptions on their paintings.
[12:49.43]The inscriptions were often poems by the artist.
[12:53.77]The poem was designed as part of the picture.
[12:57.71]Artists used the same brushes for painting and calligraphy.
[13:03.04]There are five traditional styles of calligraphy.
[13:07.24]Contemporary calligraphers still learn these styles.
[13:12.44]Consolidation Exercises
[13:15.45]Exercises 6.
[13:17.72]Guest:Your paintings often contain calligraphy too, don't they?
[13:21.90]Host:Yes. Chinese paintings have featured calligraphy for hundreds of year
[13:27.65]In the Shang Dynasty - that's around 1750 to 1120 B.C. - people were already using the brush for writin
[13:38.36]Then painters began to write beautiful inscriptions on their painting
[13:43.55]The inscriptions were often poems written by the artis
[13:47.92]The poem was written in black ink, and was designed as part of the pictur
[13:53.95]The artists used the same brushes for painting and calligraph
[13:58.60]The brushes have bristles of animal hair, with a very fine poin
[14:04.01]Artists change the angle of the brush, and the pressure, to paint many different kinds of line
[14:10.88]The skills of calligraphy and painting were two of the traditional signs of an educated person.
[14:17.62]Guest:Are there different styles of calligraphy?
[14:20.52]Host:There were five important traditional styles of calligraph
[14:24.65]Artists developed their own versions of the styles use
[14:28.35]Contemporary calligraphers still learn these five styles.
[14:32.95]Exercises 7(b)
[14:36.37]1)Chinese painters have used calligraphy for hundreds of years.
[14:42.59]2)Painters began to write inscriptions on their paintings.
[14:48.31]3)The inscriptions were often poems written by the artist.
[14:54.03]4)The poem was often designed to be part of the picture.
[14:59.23]5)Calligraphy brushes have bristles of animal hair, with a very fine point.
[15:05.89]6)Artists change the angle of the brush and the pressure to paint different lines.
[15:13.02]7)Contemporary calligraphers still learn the five traditional styles.
[15:20.39]Expansion Exercises
[15:23.42]Vocabulary Development
[15:25.64]Exercises 8(b)
[15:28.49]sculpt
[15:30.19]carv
[15:31.68]goldsmi
[15:33.27]silversmi
[15:34.84]ceramic arti
[15:36.74]pott
[15:38.10]jewell
[15:39.62]printmak
[15:41.37]textile arti
[15:43.35]weav
[15:44.71]Word Buildi
[15:46.38]Exercises 9(b)
[15:49.52]paint
[15:51.14]painting
[15:52.60]write
[15:54.11]writing
[15:55.84]dr
[15:57.25]drawi
[15:58.95]wri
[16:00.33]writi
[16:01.72]car
[16:03.20]carvi
[16:04.90]dan
[16:06.52]danci
[16:08.30]si
[16:10.00]singi
[16:11.67]tea
[16:13.26]teachi
[16:14.93]ac
[16:16.32]acti
[16:17.96]Part 3
[16:20.00]Pre-listening Exercises
[16:22.77]Exercises 1(b)
[16:25.72]sculptur
[16:27.50]life-siz
[16:29.51]figur
[16:30.82]soldie
[16:32.44]hors
[16:33.95]terra-cot
[16:35.81]warrio
[16:37.35]fired cl
[16:39.20]bron
[16:40.90]vesse
[16:42.54]inla
[16:44.09]go
[16:45.50]silv
[16:46.99]ceremoni
[16:49.02]de
[16:50.36]ja
[16:51.56]carvin
[16:53.20]plac
[16:54.46]copi
[16:56.15]came
[16:57.90]Exercises 2(b)
[17:00.91]porcela
[17:02.37]musicia
[17:04.54]acroba
[17:06.42]decorat
[17:07.88]origina
[17:09.76]take ho
[17:11.23]througho
[17:12.90]close
[17:14.62]glaz
[17:16.48]imita
[17:18.25]so
[17:19.59]poetic nam
[17:21.75]peach blo
[17:23.45]apple gre
[17:25.31]moonlig
[17:27.24]treasur
[17:29.07]Comprehension Exercises
[17:32.13]Exercises 3(b)
[17:35.36]Guest:What about sculpture?
[17:37.51]Host:Well, I'm sure you've heard of the most famous Chinese sculpture
[17:43.91]In 1974, near the tomb of the first emperor of China, who died in 210 B.C
[17:54.17]thousands of life-sized figures of soldiers and horses were discovere
[18:00.42]People call them the Terra-Cotta Warriors, because they were made of fired clay.
[18:07.63]Some early sculptors also worked in bronze. They made beautiful vessel
[18:14.86]inlaid with gold and silver, to use in ceremonies for the dea
[18:21.21]Jade was also used to make carvings to be placed in tombs.
[18:27.01]In the stores you'll see copies of Tang figures. The originals date from around A.D. 600 to 90
[18:37.35]Tang tombs often contained figures of horses, camels, musicians and acrobat
[18:46.05]The figures are decorated with brightly coloured glazes in green, yellow and whit
[18:54.15]Tourists buy the copies to take home as souvenirs.
[18:59.45]Guest:The Chinese developed the world's first porcelain, didn't they?
[19:03.53]Host:Yes. We made porcelain throughout the Song, Ming and Qing dynastie
[19:11.26]When you're in the museum, look closely at the glazes. They imitate soft colours found in natur
[19:20.35]The glazes have poetic names, such as "peach bloom," "apple green," and "moonlight
[19:29.15]Porcelain is one of the great treasures of Chinese art.
[19:34.25]Pronunciation Exercises
[19:37.49]Exercises 4(b)
[19:40.39]famous Chinese sculptur
[19:43.57]life-size figur
[19:46.42]soldiers and hors
[19:49.32]Terra-Cotta Warrio
[19:52.12]made of fired cl
[19:54.70]worked in bron
[19:56.79]beautiful vesse
[19:59.40]inlaid with gold and silv
[20:02.62]ceremonies for the de
[20:05.33]to be placed in tom
[20:08.23]Tang figur
[20:10.48]musicians and acroba
[20:13.90]brightly coloured glaz
[20:16.91]to take home as souveni
[20:20.90]look closely
[20:23.54]colours found in natu
[20:26.47]poetic nam
[20:29.08]treasures of Chinese a
[20:32.45]Exercises 5(b)
[20:35.50]In 1974, thousands of life-sized figures of soldiers and horses were discovered.
[20:43.60]People call them the Terra-Cotta Warriors because they are made of fired clay.
[20:49.74]Early sculptors made beautiful vessels inlaid with gold and silver.
[20:55.85]Jade was also used to make carvings to be placed in tombs.
[21:01.18]In the stores, you'll see Tang figures of horses, camels, musicians, and acrobats.
[21:08.29]They were decorated with brightly coloured glazes.
[21:13.09]Tourists buy them to take home as souvenirs.
[21:16.83]We made porcelain throughout the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties.
[21:22.47]The glazes imitate colours found in nature.
[21:26.99]Porcelain is one of the great treasures of Chinese art.
[21:31.04]Consolidation Exercises
[21:34.10]Exercises 6.
[21:36.47]Guest:What about sculpture?
[21:38.17]Host:Well, I'm sure you've heard of the most famous Chinese sculpture
[21:42.80]In 1974, near the tomb of the first emperor of China, who died in 210 B. C
[21:50.32]thousands of life-sized figures of soldiers and horses were discovere
[21:55.62]People call them the Terra-Cotta Warriors, because they were made of fired clay.
[22:01.50]Some early sculptors also worked in bronze. They made beautiful vessel
[22:06.88]inlaid with gold and silver, to use in ceremonies for the dea
[22:11.92]Jade was also used to make carvings to be placed in tombs.
[22:17.49]In the stores you'll see copies of Tang figures. The originals date from around A.D. 600 to 90
[22:26.52]Tang tombs often contained figures of horses, camels, musicians and acrobat
[22:32.74]The figures are decorated with brightly coloured glazes in gree
[22:39.04]yellow and white. Tourists buy the copies to take home as souvenirs.
[22:43.09]Guest:The Chinese developed the world's first porcelain, didn't they?
[22:47.08]Host:Yes. We made porcelain throughout the Song, Ming and Qing dynastie
[22:53.12]When you're in the museum, look closely at the glazes. They imitate soft colours found in natur
[23:00.07]The glazes have poetic names, such as "peach bloom," "apple green," and "moonlight
[23:07.22]Porcelain is one of the great treasures of Chinese art.
[23:11.43]Exercises 7(b)
[23:13.99]1)In 1974, thousands of life-sized figures of soldiers and horses were discovered.
[23:23.08]2)The Terra-Cotta Warriors are made of fired clay.
[23:28.77]3)Early sculptors made vessels inlaid with gold and silver.
[23:35.31]4)Tang figures were decorated with brightly coloured glazes.
[23:41.16]5)China made the world's first porcelain.
[23:46.36]6)Porcelain is one of the great treasures of Chinese art.
[23:52.65]Expansion Exercises
[23:55.58]Vocabulary Development
[23:58.16]Exercises 8(b)
[24:01.14]bra
[24:02.66]ir
[24:04.12]t
[24:05.16]le
[24:06.34]copp
[24:07.57]pewt
[24:08.69]alumin
[24:09.97]ste
[24:11.28]platin
[24:12.66]nick
[24:13.91]Word Buildi
[24:15.33]Exercises 9(b)
[24:18.22]paint
[24:19.79]painter
[24:21.41]calligraphy
[24:23.03]calligrapher
[24:24.68]wri
[24:26.24]writ
[24:27.76]si
[24:29.54]sing
[24:30.95]dan
[24:32.62]danc
[24:34.32]tea
[24:35.88]teach
[24:37.43]instru
[24:39.02]instruct
[24:40.69]a
[24:42.08]act
[24:43.49]scul
[24:44.69]sculpt
[24:46.41]w
[24:47.90]warri
[24:49.15]photograp
[24:50.93]photograph
[24:52.68]biograp
[24:54.46]biograph
[24:56.10]Listening Test
[24:58.43]1.Chinese painters painted three main subjects.
[25:05.66]2.Chinese landscape paintings were called "mountain and water."
[25:12.93]3.Artists used pigments to add colour to their paintings.
[25:18.28]4.Paintings on silk are more ancient than paintings on paper.
[25:25.13]5.Painters frequently put their poems in their paintings.
[25:31.60]6.A skilled calligrapher was usually an educated person.
[25:37.95]7.The most famous Chinese sculptures are the Terra-Cotta Warriors.
[25:44.30]8.Vessels made of bronze, gold, and silver were used in ceremonies for the dead.
[25:53.60]9.Tourists like the Tang figures and buy copies to take home.
[25:59.89]10.Chinese porcelain glazes have beautiful poetic names.
