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Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
1. Match the description of historical era with its name:
a) the Palaeolithic era
b) the Neolithic era
c) the Middle Ages
d) the Renaissance
e) Modern art
1) the dominance of the church insisted on the expression of biblical truths;
2) showed the corporeality of the human body, and the three dimensional
reality of landscape;
3) predominated cave paintings and portable art like figurines and beads,
decorative figured workings on some utilitarian objects;
4) the evidence of early pottery appeared;
5) the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of
experimentation.
2. Answer the questions:
1. What is prehistoric art?
2. When did artifacts showing evidence of workmanship appeare?
3. What is “Woman from Willendorf”?
4. What are artisans?
5. When did Ancient art begin?
6. What are six great ancient civilizations?
7. How did Ancient Roman art depict gods?
8. What are the features of Byzantine and Gothic art?
9. What did modern artists experiment with?
10. How contemporary art can be defined?
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