PASSAGE 3

The passage mainly discusses

• the difference between medieval and Renaissance art

• how the technique of perspective influenced the modern art

• the discovery of the technique of perspective

• the contribution of Renaissance artists

The word "eternal" in line 3 is closest in meaning to

• timeless

• infinite

• frequent

• constant

The discovery of perspective was the result of

• Renaissance artists' to prove that the medieval artists could show level of reality

• the need to turn an object at an angle and draw more than one side of it

• the subject being shifted from religious stories to individual person and surroundings.

• natural evolution of human senses

According to the passage, which is the main concern for medieval artists?

• the individual person and his/her possessions and surroundings

• real people, real scenes

• eternal timeless truth of the earth

• themes of religious stories

The word "it" in line 12 refers to

• the picture

• perspective

• angle

• the object

The word "Grammar " in line 13 is closest in meaning to

• construction

• grammatical rules

• rules and regulations

• tones and volume

The author's purpose to give the example in line14-15 is to

• explain how perspective work in painting

• support two-pointed perspective

• illustrate that there are exceptions about perspective

• point out that the technique of perspective though seems so natural is an invented technique

The following artists' priorities in style shift away from perspective except

• Crivelli

• Cezanne

• Japanese artists

• Brunelleschi

The word "Illusion" in line 25 is closest in meaning to

• deception

• photograph

• decoration

• illustration

It can be inferred from the passage that Renaissance artists

• embraced the medieval style of eternal truth

• needed to develop a new approach towards painting to show a new level of reality

• were inspired by vertical and horizontal surfaces in inventing the technique of perspective

• saw two dimensional design more important than a feeling of depth