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due to reflections from buildings or hills no longer occurs. Also, the bandwidth per
channel, wider than that used for conventional TV broadcasting, makes for

pictures of better quality and higher definition.

In addition to countries using their own satellites for domestic service
(Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Mexico, the United States, and the Soviet Union),

about two dozen countries lease satellite transponders from Intelsat for domestic

communication services.

III. Read the following text and answer the following question based
on the information you get from the reading text

What can we Learn From Art?

A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about culture than
is possible to learn in general history classes. Most typical history courses
concentrate on politics, economics, and war. But art history focuses on much
more than this because art reflects not only the political values of a people, but
also religious belief, emotions and psychology. In addition, information about the
daily activities of our ancestor –or of people very different from our own- can be
provided by art.
Art even provide us with limited access to the world of prehistoric people.
Over 100 countries, Stone Age people created amazing paintings in caves.
Spelunkers –people whose hobby is exploring caves, usually discover this cave
art. They most often depict animals that were prey (deer, woolly mammoth,
horses, and soon). The reason of this art is a mystery. However archeologists
believe that the art was part of religious ceremony –perhaps to assure success
in hunting.
In history book, objective information about the political life of a country is
presented; that is. The facts about politics are given, but opinions are not
presented. Art, on the other hand, is subjective: it reflects emotion and opinion.
Pablo Picasso in his painting “Guernica” use symbolic images to express the
horror of war. Meanwhile the powerful paintings of Diego Rivera, depicted the
deep anger and sadness about social problems.
In the same way, art can reflect culture’s religious beliefs. Christian art, for
example, depicted people and stories from Bible. It usually appear in the paintings
of the church an other religious building. By contrast, Islamic art in Middle East is
characterized by its absence of human and animal images. By Islamic law, artists
are not allowed to copy human or animal figures except on small items for daily
use (rugs, bowls). Thus , on palaces, mosques and other buildings, Islamic artist
have created exquisite arabesques –decoration of great beauty with images of
flowers and geometric forms (for example, circles, squares, and triangles)
Traditional art in Africa and Pacific Island also reflects the religious beliefs
of traditional cultures. Here, art is believed to serve essential practical function.

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