ddle Aes is fro5th to the 15th century AD. Durin the Middle Ae ， the in aiof painters was to represent reliions thes. A conventional artist of this period was not interested in showin nature and people as they really were. A typical picture at this ti was full of reliions syols， which it reflects the understandin of the unknown ，so the paintin of this ti is full of the reliions style.But it was evident that ideas were chanin in the 13th century when painter like Giotto bean to paint reliious scenes in a re realistic way .” “在文艺复兴时期，新的思想和价值观取代了中世纪的那一套，人们开始更关心人而不是宗教。画家们回到罗马、希腊的艺术理论上。他们尽心地画出人和自然的真实面貌。富人们想为自己的宫殿和豪宅收藏艺术品，他们高价聘请艺术家来为他们画画，画他们的房屋、活动、还有成就。” “Durin the Renaissance ， new ideas and values radually replaced those held in the Middle Aes. People bean to concentrate less on reliions thes and adopt a re hunistic attitude to life. At the sa ti painters returned to classical Ron and Greek ideas about art. They tried to paint people and nature as they really were. Rich people wanted to possess their own paintins ，so they could decorate their superb palaces and reat houses. They paid artists to paint pictures of theelves， their houses and possessions as well as their activities and achievents.” “在这个阶段，最重要的发现之一是如何使用透视法来画出事物的形象。在1428年，马萨乔成为第一个在绘画中使用透视方法的人，当人们第一次看到他的画时，还以为是透过墙上的小孔，来观看真实的场景，并对此深信不疑。如果，没有透视法，人们就不可能画出如此逼真的画，在文艺复兴时期，油画也得到了发展，它使得色彩看上去更丰富、更深沉。” “One of the st iortant discoveries durin was how to draw thin in perspective. This technique was first used by Massacho in 14