Unit 1 Art Section Ⅰ Warming amp；Reading Pre-reading Starting around 4000B．C., traditional Chinese brush painting has developed continuously over a period ofmore than 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 developed into two separate styles including a genre (艺术风格) commonly found in Chinese brush painting — flower-and-bird painting. A great 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 mixed several 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 — Pre-reading A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTING Art 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, starting from the sixth century AD④. The Middle Ages⑤ (5th to 15th century AD) During the Middle Ages, the main aim⑥ of painters was to represent religious themes. A conventional⑦ artist of this period was not interested in showing nature and people as they really were. A typical⑧ picture at this time was full of religious symbols, which created a feeling of respect and love for God. But it was evident⑨ that ideas were changing in the 13th century⑩when painters like Giotto di Bondone? began to paint religious scenes in a more realistic way. ①faith/feIθ/n.信任；信心；信念 faithfully/'feIθf?lI/adv.忠实地 ②as引导原因状语从句。 ③consequently/'k?nsIkw?ntlI/adv.因而；所以 ④现在分词短语starting from ...在句中作定语，修饰ones。 ⑤the Middle Ages中世纪 ⑥aim/eIm/n.目标；目的 vi.&vt.瞄准；(向某方向)努力 ⑦conventional/k?n'ven??nl/adj.常规的；传统的；因循守旧的 ⑧typical/'tIpIkl/adj.典型的；有代表性的 ⑨evident/'evId?nt/adj.明显的；明白的 ⑩It is/was evident that ...“显然……”，it为形式主语，that引导的从句为真正的主语。 ?Giotto di Bondone/'d??t?? dI'b?nd?n/乔托(意大利画家、雕刻家、建筑师) 西方绘画艺术简史 艺术受一个民族的生活习俗和信仰影响。西方的艺术风格经历了多次变革。由于西方的艺术风格多种多样，在短短的一篇课文里不可能去全面的描述 ... ...
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