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 replaced those held in Middle Ages.3. ________ was first used and oil paints were also developed.Impressionism (late 19th to early 20th century)To show how light and 4. ________ fell on objects at different times of day.Europe changed from an agricultural society to a(n) 5. ________ one.Painters worked outdoors and painted quickly, so their paintings were not very 6. ________.Modern Art (20th century to today)To look at the 7. ________ in new ways.The Impressionists influenced the modern art styles greatly.Painters paint objects in a(n) 8. ________ or realistic way.II. True (T) or False (F):1. The customs and faith of people have an effect on art.2. To enjoy Masaccio’s paintings, people had to look through a hole in a wall.3. The Impressionists paintings were popular at the time they were created.答案Task I. 1. four 2. Western artTask II.I. 1. religious 2. 16th 3. Perspective 4. shadow 5. industrial 6. detailed 7. environment 8. abstractII. 1-3 TFF
