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Because there have been so many different styles of Western art, perhaps the best way 49 (understand) Western art is to look at the development of Western painting over the centuries. During the Middle Ages, the purpose of Western art was 50 (teach) people about Christianity. This began to change in the 13th century with Giotto di Bondone. His paintings are set apart from other paintings by their 51 (reality) human faces and deep emotional impact. Painters concentrated 52 (little) on religious themes during the Renaissance. 53 important breakthrough was the use of perspective by Masaccio and another innovation was the use of oil paints. As for subjects, the emphasis 54 (increase) shifted from religious themes to people and the world around us. Photography was invented in the mid19th century, after 55 paintings were no longer needed to preserve what people and the world looked like. Hence, impressionism 56 (emerge) in France. The name came from the painting by Claude Monet 57 (call) Impression, Sunrise. After Impressionism, subsequent artists began to ask what they would do next. What they attempted to do was no longer show reality, 58 instead to ask the question, “What is art?”