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ade with other parts of the world did NOT mean that ______. A. it was difficult for Leonardo to be employed by the rich. B. Europe was getting richer. C. people had money to spend on the arts. D. it because easier for artists to find people who could afford to buy their works or employ them. 4. The new frontiers in the arts opened by the Renaissance artists include the following EXCEPT _______. A. painters discovered how to use perspective and the effects of light B. posers put different voices together and created polyphony C. the artists first put people rather than religion at the center of the universe. D. architects preferred designing buildings with more light which contrasted with the heaviness of the Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages. 5. Which of the following sentences is WRONG about Leonardo? A. Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa in the year 15031506 B. Leonardo was only a famous painter in the world. C. In short, Leonardo was an extraordinary genius. D. Leonardo was a painter and an inventor as well. Keys: 15 BDACB Step 4: After you read 1. Copy all the useful expressions into your Expression Book and make your own sentences with them. Useful E xpressions of The Renaissance … is believed to be, more than, a new life like style, a mysterious masterpiece, hear of, more than, begin with, wake up, the rest of Europe, get rich, spend money on, can’t afford to buy…, look forward, contrast with, go hand in hand, of little/no/much value, pare with, for the first time, at the center of the universe, a skilled inventor, carry sth. with sb., detailed drawings, do scientific researc