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What are the speakers mainly discussing? [br] What does the professor imply abou
What are the speakers mainly discussing? [br] What does the professor imply abou
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2024-01-02
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What are the speakers mainly discussing? [br] What does the professor imply about Alexander Calder’s mobiles?
Listen to a conversation between a student and her art history professor. (S = Student, P = Professor)
S: Thanks for meeting with me. I’m sorry I couldn’t attend yesterday’s lecture, but I’m on our university’s debate team and we’re on our way back from Texas.
P: Now that’s a trip.
S: Yeah. Well, our team was one of 78 from all around the country participating in the national debate tournament that was held in Texas this year.
P: Well, when something like that comes along, the choice is clean, isn’t it? So what was the focus for this year’s event?
S: Well, the key topic was whether or not the US government should decrease its subsidies for agriculture.
P: Huh, thought-provoking. So how do we end up?
S: Not too bad. We came in fifth of them all, lots of good arguments and some persuasive statements from competitors, though. They’re with really tough process. So anyway, what were in yesterday? I heard something about an assignment.
P: Yes. Well, to begin with, the focus of the lecture was on the artist Alexander Calder.
S: I think I’ve seen a painting of his on the first floor of this building’s lobby, right?
P: Good eye. That’s right. But he’s not just simply a painter. This handout will direct you to the pages in the textbook that provided an in-depth analysis of his work. It’s true, yes, he did start off by making paintings. However, he also had a strong interest in sculpture and it’s precisely in this area that he ended up shaking up the art world because he took sculpture in a completely different direction.
S: Well, that sounds intriguing. In what way exactly?
P: As you see, sculptures had always been stationary pieces. They are never moved. But Alexander Calder added movement to the equation. He created a unique form of art: the mobile.
S: Oh, you mean the things that hang over baby cribs, shape the move and tour around. Huh, talk about art that is widespread appeal.
P: Well, those are just mobiles of the most simplistic form. You know, initially Calder achieved movement of the separate metal pieces of the sculpture through the use of a motor.
S: But that’s kind of technical; isn’t it for a work of art?
P: Perhaps it was his early training in mechanics and engineering that opened his mind to that possibility. But then later he focused on using the gentle motion of the wind. You see he wanted these artistic pieces to surprise the viewer, to constantly reshape themselves, present themselves in this way. Hopefully the class assignment will show you the intricacy in detail that are involved in his pieces. So on your own time you’re required to go view his exhibits at the Guggenheim Museum, and do a retrospective on his works and it’s a perfect opportunity to get a more complete sense of the impressive range of his works over the life of his artistic career.
选项
A、They were originally designed with babies in mind.
B、They are difficult for the average museumgoer to understand.
C、They were eventually developed to rely less on motors.
D、The original mobiles had technical problems
答案
C
解析
题目询问教授对考尔德的动态雕塑的看法:教授先说了“考尔德最初是用马达来实现雕塑单独金属部件的运动”,学生觉得这种方法太偏技术性了。随后,教授又说到“但后来考尔德专注于利用风的轻柔运动”。从这里可以发现,考尔德后来并没有继续用技术的方法来处理雕塑,而是利用自然的风来让雕塑运动,可见C项“它们最终减少对发动机的依赖”符合教授的说法。A项“它们最初是为婴儿设计的”、B项“一般的博物馆参观者很雅理解”和D项的“最初的动态雕塑有技术问题”均没有依据。
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