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选必修3 Unit 1 要点再现
UNIT 1 ART
P2 A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTING 西方绘画简史
What is western art? It is hard ____________(give) a precise _____________(define). As there have been so many different styles of western art, it is impossible to describe them all in _____ short text. Perhaps the best way _________________(understand) western art is to look at the ________________(develop) of western painting over the centuries.
什么是西方艺术?很难给出一个精确的定义。由于西方艺术有如此多不同的风格,不可能在一篇简短的文章里把它们全部描述出来。也许理解西方艺术的最好方法是看看几个世纪以来西方绘画的发展。
The Middle Ages (from the 5th to the 15th century) 中世纪(5世纪至15世纪)
During the Middle Ages, the purpose of Western art was _____________(teach) people about Christianity. Thus, artists were not ____________(interest) in painting realistic scenes. Their works were often primitive and two-dimensional, and the main characters were often made much ____________(large) than everyone else _______(show) their importance. This began to change ____________________(在13世纪) with Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337). While his paintings still had religious themes, they showed real people in a real environment. ______ particular, his paintings are set apart_______ other paintings by their realistic human faces and deep emotional impact.
在中世纪,西方艺术的目的是教人们有关基督教的知识。因此艺术家们对写实的场景并不感兴趣。他们的作品通常较为粗糙且二维化,主体人物往往比其他人物大得多,以显示他们的重要性。13世纪,由于乔托·迪·邦多纳,这种情况开始发生变化。虽然他的画仍然带有宗教主题,但他们表现的是真实环境中的真实人物。尤其是他的绘画作品,更是以其逼真的人物面貌和深刻的情感冲击而从其他绘画作品中脱颖而出。
The Renaissance (from the 14th to the 17th century)文艺复兴时期 (14世纪至17世纪)
New ideas and values __________(gradual) replaced old ones from the Middle Ages. As ____ result, painters concentrated less _____ religious themes. They began to adopt a more humanistic attitude ____ life. An important breakthrough during this period was the use of perspective by Masaccio (1401-1428). ___________ (influent) painters such as Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Michelangelo (1475-1564), and Raphael (1483-1520) built upon Giotto and Masaccio's innovations to produce some of the greatest