哈工大大二英国文化基础选课考试复习资料.docxVIP

1、Dark Ages: Also the Middle Ages, due to the slow development in culture.2、Wars of Roses:The series of wars between the Lancaster (with red rose as its badge) and York (with white rose as its badge) families fighting for the throne England in 1455-14853、The Christian Bible consists of two parts:Old Testament and The New Testament.大题.—1—religious Reformation in GermanyOne could say the Renaissance would have been incomplete without the unfolding of the Religious Reformation and the Religious Reformation could hardly have gone into operation without the social and intellectual condition prepared by the Renaissance.—2—the famous plays composed by WilliamShakespeare or literary achievementsJulius Caesar ,Hamlet, Othello , King Lear, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet , Antony and Cleopatra , A Winter`s Tale , and The Tempest.—3— major inventions during the Industrial RevolutionThe Textile Industry，Steamboat，Steam Engine，Railroads，the power loom,jenny—1—renaissance in ItalyThe Italian Renaissance was the earliest manifestation of the general European Renaissance.For centuries,scholars have agreed that the Italian Renaissance .Fifteenth-century Italy was unlike any other place in Europe.It was divided into independent city-states,each with a different form of government.To Renaissance scholars and philosophers,these classical sources held great wisdom.Humanism encouraged people to be curious and to question received wisdom.However,perhaps the most important technological development of the Renaissance happened not in Italy but in Germany.During the Italian Renaissance，art was everywhere.As the Renaissance spread,the belief that they were creating an entirely new world and culture spread too.—2—renaissance men and their important worksLeonardo ——The Virgin of the rocks and Last SupperMichelangelo Buonarroti drew on the human body for inspiration and created works on a vast scale.Rephael Sanzio——The School of Athens Leonardo da Vinci——Mona lisa and The Last Supper—3—the Industrial