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Unit1ReadingandThinking

ASHORTHISTORYOFWESTERNPAINTING

WhatisWesternart?Itishardtogiveaprecisedefinition.Astherehavebeensomanydifferent

stylesofWesternart,itisimpossibletodescribethemallinashorttext.Perhapsthebestwayto

understandWesternartistolookatthedevelopmentofWesternpaintingoverthecenturies.

TheMiddleAges(fromthe5thtothe15thcentury)

DuringtheMiddleAges,thepurposeofWesternartwastoteachpeopleaboutChristianity.

Thus,artistswerenotinterestedinpaintingrealisticscenes.Theirworkswereoftenprimitiveand

two-dimensional,andthemaincharacterswereoftenmademuchlargerthaneveryoneelsetoshow

theirimportance.Thisbegantochangeinthe13thcenturywithGiottodiBondone(1267-1337).

Whilehispaintingsstillhadreligiousthemes,theyshowedrealpeopleinarealenvironment.In

particular,hispaintingsaresetapartfromotherpaintingsbytheirrealistichumanfacesanddeep

emotionalimpact.

TheRenaissance(fromthe14thtothe17thcentury)

NewideasandvaluesgraduallyreplacedoldonesfromtheMiddleAges.Asaresult,painters

concentratedlessonreligiousthemes.Theybegantoadoptamorehumanisticattitudetolife.An

importantbreakthroughduringthisperiodwastheuseofperspectivebyMasaccio(1401-1428).

InfluentialpainterssuchasLeonardodaVinci(1452-1519,Michelangelo(1475-1564),andRaphael

(1483-1520)builtuponGiottoandMasacciosinnovationstoproducesomeofthegreatestartthat

Europehadeverseen.

Anotherinnovationwastheuseofoilpaints.Witht