题型分类：事实信息题

原文定位：定位词 the increased availability of paper, the development of systems of representation。定位到第三段的最后两句。倒数第二句提到了题干所问的信息，最后一句具体说明这一发展反过来使得艺术思想和理念更容易从一种媒介跨越远距离，转移到另外一种媒介，而在这之前是无法达到的。

选项分析：

B 选项说 made the transfer of artistic ideas to distant people and places much easier 对应最后一句 This in turn allowed the easy transfer of artistic ideas and motifs over great distances, from one medium to another, and in a different scale in ways that had been difficult, if not impossible, in the previous period。

A 选项说鼓励更多的人创造自己的绘画作品。文中无此信息，属于无中生有。

C 选项说 harder to read，文中无此信息，无中生有。

D 选项说 to create paintings that were smaller in scale，而文章第三段说 These large sheets meant that calligraphers and artists had more space on which to work，因此与原文描述不符。