Book 6 Unit 1 Art
Reading: A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTING Art is influenced by _________________(生活习俗与信仰 a people. ___________________(西方的艺术风格 have changed many times. As there are so many different styles of Western art, it would ________________(不可能 describe all of them in such a short text. _______________(因此, this text will describe only ___________(最important ones, _____________(startfrom the sixth century AD.
The Middle Ages (5th to the 15th century AD
During the Middle Ages, _______________(主要目标 of painters
was_______________(represent religious themes. A ___________(传统的 artist of this period was not interested in showing nature and people _____________(如实地. A __________(典型的 picture at this time ___________(充满了religious
____________(特征, ___________ created feeling of respect and love for God. But _________________(我们很明显看出 that ideas were changing in the 13th century when painters like Giotto di Bondone began to paint religious ________(场景 in a more realistic way.
The Renaissance (15th to 16th century
During the ________(文艺复兴时期, new ideas and values graduallv ________(取代those held in the Middle Ages. People began to ________________(较少关注 religious themes and ________(采取 a more ________(人道主义的 attitude to life. ________the same time painters returned to classical Roman and Greek ideas about art. They tried to paint people and nature as they really were. Rich people wanted to _________(拥有 their own paintings, so they could decorate their __________(杰出的 palaces and great houses. They paid famous artists _____ paint pictures of themselves, their houses and _____________(possess as well as their activities and achievements.
One of the most important discoveries during this period was how to draw things _______________(用透视法. This __________(技能 was first used by Masaccio in 1428. When people first saw his paintings, they were ________(相信 that they were looking through a hole in a wall at a real scene. If the roles of perspective had not been discovered, no one ________(be able to paint such realistic pictures. ________(很巧合, oil paints were also developed at this time, which made the colours ________(use in paintings look richer and________(deep. ________ the new paints and the new technique, we would not be able to see the many great ________(杰作 _______which this period is famous.
Impressionism (late 19th to early 20th century
In the late 19th century, Europe changed____________(大量from a
_________(mostagricultural society to a mostly _________(industry one. Many people moved from the countryside to the new cities. There were many new inventions and social changes. Naturally, these changes also _________(促成new painting styles. Among the painters who __________________(突破 the traditional style of painting were the _____________(印象派画家, _________ lived and worked in Paris.
The Impressionists were the first painters to work _________(室外. They were eager to show_________(如何 light and _________(影子 fell on _________(物体 _______ different times of day. However, because natural light changes so quickly, the Impressionists had to paint quickly. Their paintings were not as detailed _______those of earlier painters. ___________(起初, many people _________(likethis style of painting and became very_________(anger about it. They said that the painters were careless and their paintings were _________(荒唐的.
Modern Art (20th century to today
At the time they were __________(被创建, the Impressionist paintings were _____________(争议
的, but today they are accepted _______ the beginning of what we call \"modem art\". This is because the Impressionists _________(鼓励 artists to look at their environment ____ new ways. There are _________(几十 of modern art styles, but without the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. ______________(一方面, some modem art is _________(抽象的; _________(那就是说, the painter does not ____________(打算paint objects as we see them with our eyes, but instead _____________(集中certain qualities of the object, _________(use colour, line and shape to _________(呈现them. On the other hand, some paintings of modern art are so realistic that they look like photographs. These styles are so different. Who can_________(预测 what painting styles there will be in the future?
Using Language: THE BEST OF MANHATTAN’S ART GALLERIES The Frick Collection (5th Avenue and E.70th Street
Many art lovers would rather visit this small _____________(艺术陈列馆 than any other in New York. Henry Clay Frick, a rich New Yorker, died in 1919,
___________(leavehis house, furniture and art collection________ the American people. Frick had a preference for _____________(20世纪以前 Western paintings, and these are ______________(很好展出的 in this excellent collection. You can also _________(考察Frick's beautiful home and garden which are well worth a Visit.
Guggenheim Museum(5th Avenue and 88th Street
This museum owns 5,000 superb modern ___________(油画, _________(雕塑and _________(素描. These art _________(workare not all _________(陈列at the same time. The exhibition is always changing. It will appeal to those ______ love
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings. The Guggenheim Museum building is also world-famous. When you walk into gallery, you feel as if you ______ inside a _________(易碎的, white _________(贝壳. The best way to see the paintings is to start
from the top floor and walk down to the _________(底层. There are no stairs just a ___________(环形的 path. The museum also has an excellent ____________(餐馆.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (5th Avenue and 82nd Street
The reputation of this museum lies in ______________________(种类繁多its art collection. This __________(涵盖more than 5,000 years of _______________(文明 from many parts of the world, _________(include America, Europe, China, Egypt, other African countries and South America. The museum displays_______________(不仅仅just the __________(看得见的 delights of art. It introduces you ____ ancient ways of living. You can visit an _______________(埃及的寺庙, a ____________(香的 Ming garden, a typical room in an 18th century French house and many other special ____________(展品.
Museum of Modern Art (53rd Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
It is ____________(令人惊奇的 that so many great works of art from the late 19th century to the 21st century are ____________(house in the same museum. The collection of Western art _______________(include paintings by such famous artists as Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso and Matisse. A few words of _____________(提醒: the _____________(入场费 price is not cheap and the museum is often very ___________(拥挤的.
Whitney Museum of American Art (945 Madison Avenue, near 75th Street The Whitney holds an excellent collection of contemporary American painting and sculpture. There are no _______________(永久的 displays in this museum and exhibitions change ________________(随时. Every two years, the Whitney holds a special exhibition of new art by _________(live artists. The museum also shows ____________(录像 and films by ________________(当代的video artists.
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