Ⅰ. 语法填空
Chinese painting has a rich history and is well known throughout the world.
1. __________ (tradition), Chinese painting is done on rice paper or thin silk, using different brushes, Chinese ink and dye (染料). Chinese painting 2. __________ (cover) different subjects: portraits, landscapes, flowers, birds, animals, and insects.
Traditional Chinese painting is known as “guohua”. Like calligraphy, the painting is done using a brush 3. __________ is dipped in black or colored ink, usually on paper or silk.
Chinese painting has different styles in different dynasties. From Han to Tang Dynasties, artists painted many 4. __________ (detail) portraits of the royal court. Tang Dynasty 5. __________ (see) the beginning of landscape paintings, often 6. __________ (refer) to as “Shanshui” paintings. These are less accurate and allowed for individual 7. __________ (free) in interpreting the subjects.
The time from the Five Dynasties period to the Northern Song period is known as the “Great age of Chinese landscape”. 8. __________ (use) bold strokes and black lines, artists described rolling hills, rivers and stones. Others used softer brushwork to paint scenes of nature, birds and animals.
In Song Dynasty, landscape paintings almost attained 9. __________ mythical quality with unclear outlines of mountains and mists. During Yuan Dynasty, painters began adding poetry and calligraphy 10. __________ their works to express their thoughts and feelings. Color printing techniques perfected during Ming Dynasty allowed for illustrated books and manuals(手册) on the techniques of Chinese painting.
