A Frenchman came to London to study
English. He lived at his English friend’s home. He worked hard at his lessons.
Every morning he often did some reading by the window before he went to
class. His friend liked to keep birds. One morning, when his friend took out his birdcage and tried to hang it on the window upstairs, the cage suddenly fell off his hand. So he shouted, "Look out As soon as he heard the shout, the Frenchman put his head out of the window and tried to look at what was happening. The cage was just in time hit him on the head. |
A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture than that is possible to learn in general history classes. Most (1) history courses concentrate on politics, economics, and war. (2) , art history (3) on much more than this because art reflects not only the political values of a people, but also religious (4) , emotions, and psychology. (5) , information about the daily activities of our own can be provided by art. In short, art expresses the (6) qualities of a time and a place, and a study of it clearly offers us a deeper understanding than what can be found in most history books.
In history books, objective information about the political life of a country is (7) ; that is, facts about political are given, but (8) are not expressed. Art, on the other hand, is (9) : it reflects emotions and impressions. The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya severely criticized the Spanish government
A. awe
B. shock
C. horror
D. grief
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