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高三英语一轮复习检测选择性必修三Unit1
Ⅰ.Fill in the blanks within the context.
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As there have been so many different styles of Western art, perhaps the best way 1.__________(understand) Western art is to look at the development of Western painting over the centuries.During the Middle Ages, the purpose of Western art was 2.______(teach) people about Christianity. This began to change in the 13th century with Giotto di Bondone. His paintings are set apart from other paintings by their 3._________(reality) human faces and deep emotional impact. Painters concentrated 4.______(little) on religious themes during the Renaissance. 5._____important breakthrough was the use of perspective by Masaccio and another innovation was the use of oil paints. In subject matter, the emphasis 6._______(increase) shifted from religious themes to people and the world around us. Photography was invented in the mid19th century, after 7.______ paintings were no longer needed to preserve what people and the world looked like. Hence, Impressionism 8.________(emerge) in France. The name of this new movement came from the painting by Claude Monet 9.______(call) Impression, Sunrise. After Impressionism, subsequent artists began to ask what they would do next. What they attempted to do was no longer show reality, 10._____ instead to ask the question,“What is art?”
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The styles of Western art 1._______ ( change) many times over history. During the Middle Ages,the main aim of painters was to represent 2._______ (religion) themes. In the Renaissance, people focused 3._____ on humans and less on religion. Artists began to adopt a more 4._______(humanist) attitude towards life. Masaccio used perspective in his paintings.Another innovation 5._______ (be) the use of oil paints, and some of the best oil 6._______(paint) look like photographs.In the late 19th century, paintings were no longer needed to preserve 7._______ people and the world looked like.Hence, painters had to find a new way of looking at their art.So I