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Section Ⅰ Reading and Thinking— Comprehending
学习任务目标
1. 掌握略读、扫读等阅读能力,能迅速获取文章大意。
2. 能够通过分析每段的大意来加深对文章的理解。
3. 了解西方绘画艺术发展历程中几个重要的历史时期、杰出的代表人物及其作品,学会分辨西方绘画作品的典型风格。
写出下列词汇的汉语意思
1. precise adj. 准确的;精确的
2. realistic adj. 现实的;逼真的
3. primitive adj. 发展水平低的;原始的;远古的
n. 文艺复兴前的艺术家(或作品)
4. influential adj. 有很大影响力的;有支配力的
5. reputation n. 名誉;名声
6. rank n. 地位;级别;行列
vt. & vi. 把……分等级;使排成行
7. purchase vt. 购买;采购
n. 购买;购买的东西
8. client n. 委托人;当事人;客户
9. emerge vi. & vt. 出现;浮现;暴露
10. sunrise n. 日出
11. convey vt. 表达;传递(思想、感情等);传送
12. subjective adj. 主观的
13. outer adj. 外表的;外边的;外围的
14. subsequent adj. 随后的;后来的;之后的
15. set apart from 使与众不同;使突出;使优于……
16. be fond of 喜爱;喜欢
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A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTING
The Middle Ages
·During the Middle Ages, the purpose of Western art was to teach people about 1. Christianity.
·This began to change in the 13th century with Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337). While his paintings still had 2. religious themes, they showed real people in a real environment.
The Renaissance
·Painters began to adopt a more 3. humanistic attitude to life.
·An important breakthrough was the use of 4. perspective by Masaccio (1401-1428).
·Another innovation was the use of 5. oil paints.
Impressionism
·Impressionism 6. emerged in France.
·The name of this new movement came from the 7. painting by Claude Monet (1840-1926) called Impression, Sunrise.
·Many Impressionists painted scenes of 8. nature or daily life, while others, such as Renoir (1841-1919), focused on people.
Modern Art
·Painters such as Picasso (1881-1973) tried to analyse the 9. shapes which existed in the natural world but in a new way, with Cubism.
·Others gave their paintings a realistic but dreamlike quality. Still others turned to
10. abstract art.
Ⅰ. 根据课文内容选择正确答案
1. In which stage of art were the main characters in the works often made much larger than the others? __D__
A. Modern Art (from the 20th century to today).
B. Impressionism (late 19th to early 20th century).
C. The Renaissance (from th