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Unit One 1

Text A What Is Art? 1

Text B Art History 10

Text C Contemporary Art 18

Unit Two 24

Text A Museums 24

Text B The History of the British Museum 32

Text C The National Palace Museum 40

Unit Three 47

Text A The Plastic Art of Sculpture 47

Text B Michelangelo Buonarroti:Son of Florence 57

Text C The Statue of Liberty 65

Unit Four 72

Text A Painting 72

Text B Why Vincent van Gogh Painted Sunflowers 81

Text C Pablo Picasso:From a Child Prodigy to an Utter Genius 88

Unit Five 95

Text A Sydney Opera House 95

Text B The Paris Opera House 105

Text C Musikverein,Vienna 114

Unit Six 120

Text A The Waltz King—Johann Strauss Ⅱ 120

Text B The Great Composer—Peter Tchaikovsky 131

Text C A Child Prodigy—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 139

Unit Seven 146

Text A Baroque and Gothic Architectures 146

Text B The Architecture of St.Peter's Basilica 157

Text C Bird's Nest—An Architectural Breakthrough 166

Unit Eight 173

Text A Chinese Calligraphy 173

Text B Traditional Chinese Couplets and New Year Pictures 185

Text C Gongfu Tea in China 194

Unit Nine 200

Text A Beijing Opera 200

Text B Symphony No.5 in C minor,Op.67 212

Text C The History of CATS 220

Unit Ten 228

Text A Diamonds 228

Text B Natural Pearls vs.Cultured Pearls 239

Text C Agate 247

Unit Eleven 253

Text A Cloisonné 253

Text B The Chinese Knot 265

Text C Paper-Cut 272

Unit Twelve 278

Text A The Academy Awards-Oscar 278

Text B Celebrated Photographers Using Digital Cameras 290

Text C Laser harp 298

Unit Thirteen 305

Text A Sotheby's 305

Text B Museum Collection 317

Text C Caring for Collections 324

Unit Fourteen 330

Text A Curator 330

Text B Organizing an Art Exhibition 341

Text C Pricing Paintings in an Art Exhibition 349

Appendix 355