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Listen to an Academic Talk Test #003
Listen to an Academic Talk
1. What is the main subject of the talk?
A) Famous architects of the Italian Renaissance
B) The use of religious symbolism in medieval art
C) A technique for creating depth in paintings
D) How the size of figures in art has changed
2. According to the professor, how did art from the medieval period often represent space?
A) It used a single vanishing point.
B) It organized figures based on their importance.
C) It focused on realistic landscapes.
D) It was similar to looking through a window.
3. What can be inferred about paintings created with linear perspective?
A) They took less time to complete than medieval art.
B) They were considered less realistic by audiences.
C) They accurately depicted the relative positions of objects.
D) They were created exclusively by architects.
4. Why does the professor mention Filippo Brunelleschi?
A) To name an artist who opposed linear perspective
B) To identify the person credited with formalizing the system
C) To describe the architect of a famous building
D) To give an example of a medieval painter
Professor: The Italian Renaissance was a period of incredible innovation, and one of the most significant was the development of linear perspective in painting. This was a mathematical system used to create a convincing illusion of three-dimensional depth on a two-dimensional surface.
Before this, in the medieval period, art often looked flat. Figures might be large or small based on their religious importance, not their location in space. But around 1415, the architect Filippo Brunelleschi codified linear perspective. The system is based on a horizon line and a vanishing point.
All parallel lines in a painting, like the sides of a road or the edges of floor tiles, are drawn to converge at this single vanishing point. This technique made art appear much more realistic, like looking through a window into another world, and it dominated Western art for centuries.
Before this, in the medieval period, art often looked flat. Figures might be large or small based on their religious importance, not their location in space. But around 1415, the architect Filippo Brunelleschi codified linear perspective. The system is based on a horizon line and a vanishing point.
All parallel lines in a painting, like the sides of a road or the edges of floor tiles, are drawn to converge at this single vanishing point. This technique made art appear much more realistic, like looking through a window into another world, and it dominated Western art for centuries.
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