Module 4 Fine Arts Western Chinese and Pop ArtsSection Ⅳ Other Parts of the Module

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　　People generally① agree that Pablo Picasso, who lived from 1881 to 1973, is the twentieth­century's greatest western artist. He was born in Spain② and at the age of③ ten was already an excellent④ artist. He had his first exhibition⑤ at the age of 16. Picasso studied art in Spain, but moved to⑥ France, in his early twenties⑦. From 1902 to 1904 he painted a series of⑧ pictures where the main colour was blue⑨. These pictures showed poor, unhappy people and are known as⑩ Picasso's "blue period". From 1904 to 1906 Picasso painted much happier pictures in the colour pink. This period was known as Picasso's "pink period".

　　With another Spanish artist called George Braque⑪， Picasso then started an important new artistic movement⑫ called Cubism. Picasso's first Cubist paintings were all painted in brown and grey⑬. People agree that Picasso's greatest Cubist painting is Guernica, which was painted in Madrid in 1937. Guernica is the name of a town that was destroyed⑭ during the 1930s⑮ war in Spain. In this painting, Picasso showed his feelings about what had happened to the town⑯. 　　①generally adv.一般地，普遍地

　　②Spain n．西班牙

　　③at the age of在......岁时

　　④excellent adj.极好的，优秀的

　　⑤exhibition/ˌeksI'bIʃn/n.展览

　　⑥move to搬到

　　⑦in one's early twenties在某人20岁出头的时候

　　⑧a series of一系列的

　　⑨where引导限制性定语从句。

　　⑩be known as被称为

　　⑪called George Braque为过去分词短语作后置定语。

　　⑫artistic movement艺术流派

　　⑬in brown and grey用褐色和灰色

　　⑭destroy/dI'strɔI/vt.破坏；毁坏

　　⑮during the 1930s在20世纪30年代

　　⑯happen to发生在......(身上)，其中to是介词。

　　happen to do sth.碰巧做某事

what引导的从句作介词about的宾语。