高中英语选修6语法填空

高中英语选修6语法填空

Unit 1

A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTING

As there are so many different styles of Western art, it would be impossible to describe all of them in such a short text. _______(consequence), this text will describe only the most important _____,starting from the sixth century AD.

The Renaissance(15th to 16th century)

During the Renaissance, new ideas and values gradually replaced _____held in the Middle Ages. People began to concentrate less on religious themes and adopt a______(human) attitude to life. At the same time painters returned to_____(class) Roman and Greek ideas about art. They tried to paint people and nature____they really were. Rich 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_____(they), their houses and_____ (possess) as well as their activities and achievements.

One of the most important______(discover) during this period was_____to draw things_____perspective. This technique was first used by Masaccio in 1428. When people first saw his paintings, they _______(convince) that they were looking____a hole___a wall ___ a real scene. If the rules of perspective had not_______(discovere), no one would _____(be)able to paint such realistic pictures. By coincidence, oil paints_______(develop) at this time too, which made the colours used in paintings look____(rich) and deeper. ______the new paints and the new technique, we would not be able to see the many great masterpieces____which this period is famous. Impressionism(late 19h to early 20th century)

In the late 19th century, Europe changed a great deal._____the painters who broke away from the traditional style of painting were the________(Impress), who lived and worked in Paris.

They were the first painters______(work) outdoors. They were eager to show_____light and shadow fell on objects at different times of day. At first, many people_____(like) this style of painting and became very angry about it. They said that the painters were ______(careful) and their paintings were ridiculous.

Modern Art(29th century to today)

At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were _______(controversy), but today they____(accept) as the beginning of______we call “modern art”. This is________the Impressionists encouraged artists to look at their environment in new ways. These styles are so different. Who can predict_____painting styles there will be in the future?

Unit 3

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