Unit 1 Art Section Ⅰ Warming amp；Reading Pre-reading Starting around 4000B．C., traditional Chinese brushpainting has developed continuously over a period ofmorethan six thousand years. Its growth has reflected the changes of time.During the 1st century A．D., the art of painting religious morals gradually gained in prominence (明显；突出), with the introduction of Buddhism to China and the consequent building of temples. However, the subject later expanded beyond religious themes. For example, paintings of historical characters and stories of everyday life became extremely popular. By the 4th century, this particular type of painting had already established itself as an independent form of expression. It then gradually developedinto two separate styles including a genre (艺术风格) commonly found in Chinese brush painting — flowerandbird painting. Agreat many artists in the 9th century painted in this genre and their subjects included a rich variety of flowers, fruits, birds, insects, and fish. Since the turn of the 20th century, painters have often mixedseveral colors on one brush or mixed their colors with black inks, whichis similar to the western painting skill. As a result, they have obtained more natural and richly varied colors. Such techniques have been widely adopted and further developed in the contemporary period.Section_ⅠWarming Up & Reading — PrereadingA SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTINGArt is influenced by the customs and faith① of a people. Styles in Western art have changed many times. As there are so many different styles of Western art②， it would be impossible to describe all of them in such a short text. Consequently③， this text will describe only the most important ones, start...
