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In the late 19th century, Europe changed __________ from a mostly __________ society to a mostly ________ one. The ____________ were the first to paint ________. They had to paint ______ and their paintings were not __ ______________ of earlier painters. a great deal agricultural industrial impressionists outdoors quickly detailed as those as Today people accept _____________ ________ as the _________ of _______ _______. Some modern art is _______ while some is ___. impressionists’ beginning modern abstract realistic paintings art Discussion Work in pairs: What styles of painting there will be in the future? Read the text more after class. Homework First-reading: read the passage for the first time and answer the two questions. What’s the main idea of the text? The style of Western art has changed a lot with time going by. 2. How many styles of Western painting are mentioned in the text? What are they? Four. They are: The Middle Ages, The Renaissance, Impressionism and Modern art. What were the artists interested in from 5th to 15th century AD? Creating _______ and ____ for God. 2. How did Masaccio paint his paintings? He drew things in __________, which makes pictures very _______. respect love perspective realistic Second-reading 3. Why did the impressionists have to paint quickly? Because the natural light _______ quickly, they had to _____ quickly. changes paint 1. Which of the following statements is true? A. Paintings in Middle Ages were very realistic. B. Western art has changed a lot since the 5th century. C. Impressionist paintings were painted mainly indoors. D. Modern art began in the Renaissance. Scanning 2. At first most people hated the impressionists’ style of painting, because _____. their painting were very abstract. their painting were very realistic. They broke away from the traditional style of painting. D. their paintings were very ridiculous. 3. In the Renaissance, painters ___. painted religious scenes in a more realistic style. B. focused more on religion than on humans. C. began to paint outdoors. D. returned to classical Roman and Greek ideas about art. | 
