[00:00.00]Unit 6 Design

[00:07.19]Lesson 1 A Matter of Taste

[00:11.93]Xu Beihong(1895-1953)was important

[00:17.27]in modern Chinese folk art.

[00:19.85]During his lifetime,he developed the tradition

[00:23.01]of combining poetry,calligraphy with painting.

[00:27.63]Between 1933 and 1940,

[00:31.34]he held several exhibitions in Asia

[00:34.22]and Europe to promote Chinese art.

[00:39.30]Across this painting,named Racing Horse,

[00:42.52]we can see a horse running at high speed.

[00:46.09]On the left and right side of the painting,

[00:49.35]Xu cleverly drew in black ink to show the

[00:52.90]moving hair on the horse's mane and tail.

[00:56.83]He also used different shades of grey

[00:59.66]in a creative way to show the sweat

[01:02.79]along the horse's bady.

[01:05.36]The painting of dark and light colour

[01:07.71]is a favourite of many art lovers.

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