Unit 1 Art Reading and Thinking 课文逐句翻译课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第三册

A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTNG 西方绘画艺术简史 What is Western art? It is hard to give a precise definition. 什么是西方艺术?很难给出一个精确的定义。 As there have been so many different styles of Western art, it is impossible to describe them all in a short text. 由于西方的艺术风格多种多样，在短短的一篇课文里不可能进行全面的描述。 Perhaps the best way to understand Western art is to look at the development of Western painting over the centuries.也许了解西方艺术的最好方法就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世纪到15世纪) During the Middle Ages, the purpose of Western art was to teach people about Christianity. 在中世纪，西方艺术的目的是向人们传授基督教。 Thus, artists were not interested in painting realistic scenes. 因此，艺术家对写实场景不感兴趣。 Their works were often primitive and two-dimensional, and the main characters were often made much larger than everyone else to show their importance. 他们的作品通常较为粗糙且二维化，主体人物通常比其他人物大得多，以显示他们的重要性。 This began to change in the 13th century with Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337). 这种情况在13世纪时因乔托・迪・邦多纳(1267-1337)而开始改变。 While his paintings still had religious themes, they showed real people in a real environment. 尽管他的画仍然带有宗教主题，但它们展示的是真实的环境中的真实人物。 In particular, his paintings are set apart from other paintings by their realistic human faces and deep emotional impact. 尤其是他的画作，因其逼真的人物面貌和深刻的情感冲击而从其他画作中脱颖而出。 The Renaissance (from the 14th to the 17th century)文艺复兴时期(14世纪到17世纪) New ideas and values gradually replaced old ones from the Middle Ages. 新的思想和价值观逐渐取代了中世纪的思想和价值观。 As a result, painters concentrated less on religious themes. 因此，画家较少关注宗教主题。 They began to adopt a more humanistic attitude to life. 他们开始采取一种更人性化的生活态度。 An important breakthrough during this period was the use of perspective by Masaccio(1401-1428). 这一时期的个重要突破是马萨乔(1401-1428)对透视法的运用。 Influential 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 art that Europe had ever seen. 些颇具影响力的画家，例如昂纳多达芬・奇、米开朗琪罗和拉斐尔，在乔托和马萨乔的创新基础上继续