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A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture tha

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问题     A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture than is possible to learn in general history classes. Most typical history courses concentrate on politics, economics, and war. But art history focuses on much more than this because art reflects not only the political values of a people, but also religious beliefs, emotions, and psychology. In addition, information about the daily activities of our ancestors — or of people very different from our own — can be provided by art. In short, art expresses the essential qualities of a time and a place, and a study of it clearly offers us a deeper understanding than can be found in most history books.
    In history books, objective information about the political life of a country is presented; that is, facts about politics are given, but opinions are not expressed. Art, on the other hand, is subjective: it reflects emotions and opinions. The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya was perhaps the first truly "political" artist. In his well-known painting The Third of May 1808, he criticized the Spanish government for its misuse of power over people. Over a hundred years later, symbolic images were used in Pablo Picasso’s Guernica to express the horror of war. Meanwhile, on another continent, the powerful paintings of Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros — as well as the works of Alfredo Ramos Martines — depicted these Mexican artists’ deep anger and sadness about social problems.
    In the same way, art can reflect a culture’s religious beliefs. For hundreds of years in Europe, religious art was almost the only type of art that existed. Churches and other religious buildings were filled with paintings that depicted people and stories from the Bible. Although most people couldn’t read, they could still understand biblical stories in the pictures on church walls. By contrast, one of the main characteristics of art in the Middle East was (and still is) its absence of human and animal images. This reflects the Islamic belief that statues are unholy. [br] Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
选项 A、Unlike Francisco Goya, Pablo and several Mexican artists expressed their political opinions in their paintings.
B、History books often reveal the compilers’ political views.
C、Religious art remained in Europe for centuries the only type of art because most people regarded the Bible as the Holy Book.
D、All the above mentioned.
答案 D
解析 可分别定位在第2段第1句、第3句和第3段第4句。选项A认为西班牙画家Francisco Goya不像几位墨西哥画家那样在作品中表现其政治观点，而第2段第3句明确指出Francisco Goya可能是the first truly“political”artist(第一位真正的政治艺术家)，故选项A表述不对；选项B认为历史书常反映出编撰者的政治观点，显然与第2段第1句中的表述“历史书传达关于一个国家政治生活的客观信息”相反，即facts about politics are given，but opinions are not expressed，故选项B说法也不对；选项C认为宗教画成为几个世纪以来欧洲唯一的艺术形式，是因为大多数人将圣经视为“圣书”，而第3段第4句表明原因是：尽管人们不能读懂圣经上的文字，但是却能看懂教堂墙壁上的圣经故事图，故选项C说法也不正确，所以答案是选项D。
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