语。

3. The sense of exploration which motivated the artists went hand in hand with a new type of philosophy. (P17)

　探索的意识也促使艺术家们同时接纳了一种新型的哲学。

　hand in hand

　1）手拉手

e.g. The twins often walk hand in hand.

2）与......紧密相关

　　　e.g. Poverty and poor health often go hand in hand.

Ⅱ. 文化背景知识

1. Notes on painting

Painting and its elements

Painting consists of two main parts: the first is form, that is to say, the line which defines the forms of bodies and their details; and the second is colour which is enclosed by line borders.

Light and shadow

Shadow is the absence of light or simply the opposition of opaque bodies that intercept the rays of light. Shadow is of the nature of darkness; light is of the nature of splendour. They are always combined on the body, and shadow is more powerful than light, for it can completely exclude light and deprive bodies of it entirely while light can never eliminate all shadows from bodies, at least from opaque bodies.

Linear perspective

Perspective is the rational law according to which experience shows us that all objects send their images to the eye following pyramidal trajectories, and bodies of the same size will make more or less narrow pyramids according to their respective distances.

The blue in the distance

There is another kind of perspective which we call aerial, for the differences of the colour of the air can make us distinguish the respective distances of many