Fans of art believe that its main purpose is to make us look at life from many different angles. Whe
英语试题 07-23
Fans of art believe that its main purpose is to make us look at life from many different angles. When it comes to Cubism, however, the artists of this era wanted us to look at life from every angle.
The father of Cubism Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, is among the art world's most famous names. Like many other great names before him, he felt restrained by the rules of his teachers and decided to do something: break them.
Early in his painting career, Picasso realized something important about how people view and remember scenes of beauty. When we look at a subject, we don’t just see it from one angle, as many paintings appear. Instead, we study the subject from a number of different angles, heights and viewpoints. This is the aim of Cubism: It portrays subjects from a wide range of angles; it doesn’t force us to see things as the artist viewed them at the time he or she painted them. To bring his visions to life, Picasso and other Cubists took the most basic components of a subject and rearranged them in a way which let us see it in full detail.
“By breaking objects and figures down into distinct areas, Picasso aimed to show different viewpoints at the same time and within the same space,” in the words of the Tate Institution. Or as Lithuanian-born Cubist Jacques Lipchitz once put it: “Cubism is like standing at a certain point on a mountain and looking around. If you go higher, things will look different; if you go lower, again they will look different.”
Cubism stood out as it was an art movement which didn't just rely on the artist to share their vision by painting what they saw. As cubist paintings mainly show their subjects in a deconstructed form, this means that viewers must use their imaginations to find the missing pieces for themselves. As Guardian art critic Johnathan Jones noted, this is part of the beauty of enjoying Picasso’s works. “If you can relax your gaze enough and just enjoy the painting long enough, something really amazing happens. Your mind produces a solid feeling of the things Picasso was looking at the world is revealed in its majesty,” he wrote.
33. What is a main features of cubist works?
A. They are simple pictures. B. They break things down into parts.
C. They are mainly in black and white. D. They present scenes of life to viewers.
34. Why are Jacques Lipchitz’s words quoted?
A To point out the origin of cubism.
B. To compare cubism with other schools of art.
C. To show his understanding of what cubism was.
D. To show that mountains were a common subject in cubism.
35. Which word would Jonathan Jones probably use to describe cubist works?
A. Imaginative. B. Traditional. C. Colorful. D. Life-like.
36. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Seeing Every Side. B. The History of Cubism.
C. The Beauty of Enjoying. D. Pablo Picasso: A Great Cubist.
【答案】
The father of Cubism Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, is among the art world's most famous names. Like many other great names before him, he felt restrained by the rules of his teachers and decided to do something: break them.
Early in his painting career, Picasso realized something important about how people view and remember scenes of beauty. When we look at a subject, we don’t just see it from one angle, as many paintings appear. Instead, we study the subject from a number of different angles, heights and viewpoints. This is the aim of Cubism: It portrays subjects from a wide range of angles; it doesn’t force us to see things as the artist viewed them at the time he or she painted them. To bring his visions to life, Picasso and other Cubists took the most basic components of a subject and rearranged them in a way which let us see it in full detail.
“By breaking objects and figures down into distinct areas, Picasso aimed to show different viewpoints at the same time and within the same space,” in the words of the Tate Institution. Or as Lithuanian-born Cubist Jacques Lipchitz once put it: “Cubism is like standing at a certain point on a mountain and looking around. If you go higher, things will look different; if you go lower, again they will look different.”
Cubism stood out as it was an art movement which didn't just rely on the artist to share their vision by painting what they saw. As cubist paintings mainly show their subjects in a deconstructed form, this means that viewers must use their imaginations to find the missing pieces for themselves. As Guardian art critic Johnathan Jones noted, this is part of the beauty of enjoying Picasso’s works. “If you can relax your gaze enough and just enjoy the painting long enough, something really amazing happens. Your mind produces a solid feeling of the things Picasso was looking at the world is revealed in its majesty,” he wrote.
33. What is a main features of cubist works?
A. They are simple pictures. B. They break things down into parts.
C. They are mainly in black and white. D. They present scenes of life to viewers.
34. Why are Jacques Lipchitz’s words quoted?
A To point out the origin of cubism.
B. To compare cubism with other schools of art.
C. To show his understanding of what cubism was.
D. To show that mountains were a common subject in cubism.
35. Which word would Jonathan Jones probably use to describe cubist works?
A. Imaginative. B. Traditional. C. Colorful. D. Life-like.
36. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Seeing Every Side. B. The History of Cubism.
C. The Beauty of Enjoying. D. Pablo Picasso: A Great Cubist.
【答案】
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