首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Africa has always been the continent of hidden secrets, unrevealed mysteries and the place where every person dreams to travel t
Africa has always been the continent of hidden secrets, unrevealed mysteries and the place where every person dreams to travel t
admin
2012-06-10
48
问题
Africa has always been the continent of hidden secrets, unrevealed mysteries and the place where every person dreams to travel to. Seeing and understanding the culture of Africa, means knowing its history and everything it has gone through. The cultural impact that Africa’s arts have in the general collection and its influence is important and irreplaceable.
The well-known facts are that ancient people in Africa used the image of animals a lot in their art to transmit the special meaning of the animal’s character and that it cognates with the person who owns this thing. The image of animals on different things shares with us the unique contents that the art product carries inside and how deep African people felt other people to choose animals with such a precision.
The example we are about to talk is " The Divination Portrait of a Lion King and the Man of Iron" , performed by king Glele of Dahome. This is one of the brightest examples of African culture and a visual projection of the character of a brave man.
In ancient Africa a lion could be compared only to Ra (the god of sun) , which only by itself indicates the power of this image. And it is very useful to understand the total understating of all the lion-variations, for in different art forms the image of the lion changes giving an additional special meaning to the art product. Fighting lions signify giving mercy to a timid and not subdue a proud one, which means being intelligent and strong enough to show generosity and be merciful. If the lion is depicted obedient and quiet it indicates the image of a person who is not ferocious, however he is unconquerable; the lion here is a symbol of true courage and generosity.
Very seldom we can find the image of a lion biting himself as that in " The Divination Portrait". He seems to say, "I do not spare even my own flesh. Why do you expect me to spare yours?" It is a symbol of fury.
The validity of using the image of a strong, powerful animal to emphasize the strength and bravery is unflinching. Africans simply followed their intuition and experiences, making the art product they created deep in the sense of meaning.
Certainly, the lion is not the only animal used to depict honorable qualities. But the image of the lion is one of the brightest examples of using an animal as the metaphor of power. The whole essence of the creation can be understood through the animal images it sustains in itself. And it can be grown on to a very skilled literature product by the ability to put inside it so much life depicted through the life of an animal.
It can be implied from the first two paragraphs that
选项
A、the aim of travelling to Africa is to sense the culture.
B、Africans compare animals’ characters to those of people.
C、images on different things represent different characters.
D、Africans can understand other people deeply and precisely.
答案
B
解析
推断题。文章前两段谈到了非洲文化的魅力,并指出古代非洲人会用动物的形象来表达特殊的含义。其中第二段中的两句话都提到将动物所具有的特点与人类的相关性格特征相比对,由此可知B为本题答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/3CmK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
Inmanyculturespeoplemakeadistinctionbetweenfineartandfolkart.Althoughtellingthedifferencebetweenthesetwotype
Inmanyculturespeoplemakeadistinctionbetweenfineartandfolkart.Althoughtellingthedifferencebetweenthesetwotype
AccordingtotheInsuranceInstitute,howmanyofcarheadrestraintsfailtostoprearendcrashes?
Itwasn’t______theclothes______themanhimselfwhoimpressedimmediately.
Inthe1920sandthe1930s,theshortstory,asaform,wasdifficulttosell.Readersfounditanawkwardcompromisebetweenap
Asthegreatlowebbofhightechsweepsthroughtheworldofonlinecommerce,twokindsofsitesareweatheringthestorm.The
Asthegreatlowebbofhightechsweepsthroughtheworldofonlinecommerce,twokindsofsitesareweatheringthestorm.The
Notuntil______himselfseriously,iii.
______,shewentbacktosleep.
HewentoutandawakenedMargaret,then_____slowlyandgentlytohisbed.Hisfatherwasalreadyasleep.
随机试题
计算二重积分其中D为曲线x=y2+1,直线x=0,y=0,y=1所围成的区域.
引起猩红热的主要病原菌为
对于胎盘早期剥离,以下哪项是不正确的
该病诊断为该病治则为
患者自诉全身疲乏,下肢沉重无力,伴有四肢末端蚁走感,肌肉酸痛,患者长期吃精白米面,生化检查TPP效应在16%以上,其可能缺乏哪种营养素
结脉与涩脉的主要区别是洪脉与微脉的主要区别是
人在观察物体时,光线不仅使神经系统产生反应,由于视网膜受到光线的刺激,会在横截面上产生扩大范围的影响,使得视觉印象与物体的实际大小、形状存在差异,这种现象称为()。
甲公司和乙公司有关诉讼资料如下:甲公司2014年8月2日起诉乙公司违约,根据乙公司法律顾问的职业判断,认为乙公司胜诉的可能性为40%,败诉的可能性为60%。如果败诉,需要赔偿的金额在450~470万元之间,同时还应承担诉讼费3万元。甲公司根据其掌握的信息判
Itiscurioushowoftensympathyfortheoldandinfirmtakesaformwhichactuallyhumiliatesthem.Theirfriends,withgoodwi
Nursing,asatypicallyfemaleprofession,mustdealconstantlywiththefalseimpressionthatnursesaretheretowaitonthep
最新回复
(
0
)