Art has been described in popular culture as something only particularly educated or wealthy people can enjoy. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth. 【小题1】 Here are some tips that can help.

【小题2】Artists often create works to comment on major historical events, and this can give us a window into their unique perspective. For example, Pablo Picasso’s Guernica (1937) was created in response to the bombings during the Spanish Civil War. 【小题3】 Besides, powerful organizations and people throughout history often hired artists to create pieces that supported their causes. This affects the intended audience of the art piece—who was meant to see the art.

Find out the genre(类型) of the painting. If you’re looking at a painting, knowing what genre it belongs to can be helpful. Genres are basically categories. 【小题4】 In painting, the established and well-known genres include landscape, portraiture, still life and so on.

Learn about the art movements or schools that influenced the piece. Art movements were rises in popularity of certain ways of creating art. An art school is basically just a group of artists, sometimes all in the same region, who all have a similar style or subject matter. Knowing a little bit about these can help you understand why an artist might have made certain choices.

【小题5】 Learning a bit about artists who created a piece can help cast light on it in a variety of ways. It can help you understand why they made certain artistic decisions or chose to make the work in the first place.

Although the finished work may be read in a few seconds, a short poem can be even more difficult to write than a longer one. You have fewer words to get your point across and to arouse the same emotion and meaning in the reader. For your first short poems, here are some instructions.

Start with a simple statement. This will be the basic subject of your poem.【小题1】You'll find the poetry as you open it up and dig deeper into it.

【小题2】. Brainstorm words and phrases that help open up each of the key words in your statement. Find some ways of describing that you can use to make your description unique.

【小题3】. The line break is what makes a piece of writing poetry, rather than prose. Line breaks give every poem a rhythm, even if you're writing in free verse with no rhyme or other inflexible structure.

Go longer in your first draft. It's far easier to cut than it is to add. When you sit down to write your first draft, don't worry about the form or length you've chosen.【小题4】.

Experiment with traditional forms. If you've never written a short poem before, the haiku can be an easy place to start.【小题5】. You'll write 17 syllables through 3 lines of text, most commonly in the 5-7-5 style.

Expect guests over and don’t have a lot of time to cook up a feast? 【小题1】 Throw in some fried chicken and you would soon have your guests eating out of your hands.

Fried rice is the simplest dish in the world to prepare. Even a twelve-year-old can do it! 【小题2】 You would need some garlic, vegetables, prawns and a few cups of cooked rice plus some seasoning.

Start by peeling the garlic. To do this real quickly, use the blade of the chopper and give the garlic a good smack. You will find the skin peeling right off. Then, chop the garlic finely. Alternatively, you could use a blender. 【小题3】 You wouldn’t want to be eating pesticides and dirt, would you? Cut the vegetables and prawns into small pieces.

Then, put the pan over the fire and pour in some oil. Once it is hot, put in the garlic and fry till you get a heavenly garlicky smell. 【小题4】 Quickly add in the prawns, followed by the vegetables and rice. Stir well. And in some seasoning. And, to make things easier, buy one of those prepacked seasoning from the supermarket. They not only taste good, they are cheap and convenient too. Stir well to ensure your rice is well coated with the seasoning. Garnish with some cut chillies and serve hot. Your guests will love you for this. 【小题5】