暨南大学《大学英语》unit3 Active Reading 2.pptVIP

Background of self-portraits In the beginning it was only the rich and famous who had their (1) ________ painted. But from the Renaissance onwards things changed. Firstly, the growing importance of the middle classes led many ordinary people to (2) ___________ paintings, often of members of their family. Background of self-portraits Secondly, artists became interested in showing scenes of (3) __________ life, set in the (4) ________ of ordinary houses, and 5) ______________ they began to (6) ________ ordinary people, such as servant girls, as models. Part of the mystery for (7) _____