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  3. 　　 In eighteenth-century colonial America, flowers and fruit were typically the province of the 　　botanical artist interested

　　 In eighteenth-century colonial America, flowers and fruit were typically the province of the 　　botanical artist interested

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问题 　　    In eighteenth-century colonial America, flowers and fruit were typically the province of the
　　botanical artist interested in scientific illustration rather than being the subjects of fine art.
　　Early in the nineteenth century, however, the Peale family of Philadelphia established the still
　　life, a pictureconsisting mainly of inanimate
(5) objects, as a valuable part of the artist’s repertoire. The fruit paintings by James and Sarah Miriam
　　Peale are simple arrangements of a few objects, handsomely colored, small in size, and representing little
　　more than what they are. In contrast were the highly symbolic, complex compositions by Charles Bird
　　King, with their biting satire and critical social commentary. Each of these strains comminuted into and
(10)well past mid-century. John F. Francis (1808-86) was a part of the Pennsylvania still-life tradition
　　that arose, at least in part, from the work of the Peales. Most of his still lifes date from around 1850 to
　　1875. Luncheon Still Life looks like one of the Peales’ pieces on a larger scale, kits greater complexity
　　resulting from the number of objects. It is also
(15)indebted to the luncheon type of still life found in seventeenth-century Dutch painting. The opened
　　bottles of wine and the glasses of wine partially consumed suggest a number of unseen guests. The
　　appeal of the fruit and nuts to our sense of taste is heightened by the juicy orange, which has already
　　been sliced. The arrangement is additive, that is, made up of many different parts, not always
(20)compositionally integrated, with all objects of essentially equal importance. About 1848, Severin
　　Roesen came to the United States from Germany and settled in New York City, where he began to
　　paint large, lush still lifes of flowers, fruit, or both, often measuring over four feet across. Still Life
　　with Fruit and Champagne is typical in its brilliance of color, meticulous rendering of detail,
(25)compact composition, and unabashed abundance. Rich in symbolic overtones, the beautifully
　　painted objects carry additional meanings ...... butterflies or fallen buds suggest the impermanence of
　　life, a bird’s nest with eggs means fertility, and so on. Above all, Roesen’s art expresses the abundance
　　that America symbolized to many of its citizens.
选项 A、The artwork of James and Sarah Miriam Peale
B、How Philadelphia became a center for art in the nineteenth century
C、Nineteenth-century still-life paintings in the United States
D、How botanical art inspired the first still-life paintings
答案C
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