Painting has been continuously practiced by humans for some 20,000 years. Together with other activities【C1】______ritualistic in

admin2013-08-03  28

问题     Painting 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 his【C3】______understanding of an existence. 【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, like 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 are found in Western Europe. But long 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. Western painting is generally distinguished by its concentration【C11】______the representation of the human【C12】______, whether in the context of antiquity or the religious context of the early Christian . The Renaissance【C13】______this tradition through a 【C14】______examination of the natural world and an investigation of balance in the visible world, linking painting【C15】______the developing sciences of anatomy. The first real【C16】______from figurative painting came with the growth of landscape painting.The landscape and figurative traditions developed together in an atmosphere that was increasingly【C17】______"painterly" qualities of the【C18】______of light and color . 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 词义辨析题 此题考查的是四个选项的意思:extant“现存的,未被毁灭的”:extinct v.“绝迹”;extent n.“范围,长度”;exterior adj.“外在的”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/lnLK777K
0

最新回复(0)