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  3. Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment, has been continuously practiced by humans for some

Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment, has been continuously practiced by humans for some

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问题     Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment, has been continuously practiced by humans for some 20,000 years. Together with other activities【C1】______   ritualistic in origin but have come to be designated as artistic( such as music or dance), painting was one of the earliest ways in which man【C2】______ to express his own personality and bis【C3】______   understanding of an existence beyond the material world.【C4】______ music and dance, however, examples of early forms of painting have survived to the present day. The modern eye can derive aesthetic as well as antiquarian satisfaction【C5】______ the 15,000-year-old-cave murals of Lascaux-- some examples【C6】______ to the considerable powers of draftsmanship of these early artists. And painting, unlike other arts, exhibits universal qualities that【C7】______ for viewers of all nations and civilizations to understand and appreciate.
    The major【C8】______ examples of early painting anywhere in the world are found in Western Europe and the Soviet Union. But some 5,000 years ago, the areas in which important paintings were executed【C9】______ to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and neighboring regions.【C10】______   Western shared a European cultural tradition the Middle East and Mediterranean Basin and, later, the countries of the New World.
    Western painting is in general distinguished by its concentration【C11】______ the representation of the human 【C12】______ whether in the heroic context of antiquity or the religious context of the early Christian and medieval world.  The Renaissance【C13】______ this tradition through a【C14】______    examination of the natural world and an investigation of balance, harmony, and perspectives in the visible world, linking painting【C15】______ the developing sciences of anatomy and optics. The first real【C16】______ from figurative painting came with the growth of landscape painting in the 17(上标)th and 18(上标)th centuries. The landscape and figurative traditions developed together in the 19th century in an atmosphere that was increasingly【C17】 ______  "painterly" qualities of the【C18】______ of light and color and the expressive qualities of paint handling. In the 20th century these interests【C19】______ to the development of a third major tradition in Western painting, abstract painting, which sought to【C20】______ and express the true nature of paint and painting through action and form.  
【C8】
选项 A、extinct
B、extent
C、extant
D、exterior
答案C
解析 本题考查词义辨析。A项extent意为“灭绝的”，B项extent意为“范围”，C项extant意为“尚有的”，D项exterior意为“外部的”，根据上下文此处的意思是“尚存的早期的画主要是在西欧和苏联发现的”，因此正确答案为C项。
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