是判断对错的文章原文 选修6 Unit 1 Art-Reading A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN

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文章原文 选修6 Unit 1 Art-Reading A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTING Art is influenced by the customs and faith of a people.Styles in Western art have changed many times.As there are so many different styles of Western art,it would be impossible to describe all of them in such a short text.Consequently,this text will describe only the mostimportant ones,starting from the sixth century AD.
The Middle Ages (5th to the 15th century AD) During the Middle Ages,the main aim of painters was to represent religious themes.A conventional artist of this period was not interested in showingnature and people as they really were.A typical picture at this time was full of religious symbols,which created feeling of respect and love for God.But it was evident that ideas were changing in the 13th century when painters like Giotto di Bondone began to paint religious scenes in a more realistic way
The Renaissance (15th to 16th century) During the Renaissance,new ideas and valuesgraduallv replaced those held in the Middle Ages.People began to concentrate less on religious themes and adopt a more humanistic attitude to life.At the same time painters returned to classical Roman and Greek ideas about art.They tried to paint people and nature as they really wererich people wanted to possess their own paintings,so they could decorate their superb palaces and great houses.They paid famous artists to paint pictures of themselves,their houses and possessions as wellas their activities and achievements.
One of the mostimportant discoveries during this period was how to draw things in perspective.This technique was first used by Masaccio in 1428.When people first saw his paintings,they were convinced that they were looking through a hole in a wall at a real scene.If the roles of perspective had not been discovered,noone would have been able to paint such realistic pictures.By coincidence,oil paints were also developed at this time,which made the colours used in paintings look richer and deeper.Without the new paints and the new technique,we would not be able to see the many great masterpieces for which this period is famous.