Unit 1 ArtA SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTING请根据下列任务预习课文,并在课堂上按照老师的引导检查各项任务的完成情况
Task I
Skimming Read the text (P1—P3) quickly and fill in the blanks
The text mainly tells us 1
________ major styles of 2
________, starting from the sixth century AD
Task II
Careful readingI
Read the text (P1—P3) carefully and fill in the blanks
PeriodAimSocial backgroundCharacteristicsThe Middle Ages (5th to the 15th century AD)To represent 1
________ themes
Conventional artists were not interested in showing nature and people as they were
★Pictures at this time showed a lot of religious symbols
★In the 13th century, painters began to paint religious scenes in a more realistic way
The Renaissance (15th to 2
________ century)To paint people and nature as they were
New ideas and values gradually replac