Though artist Chuck Close has devoted his life to portraiture, his paintings rarely comport with that genre's traditional purpose. His early photorealist images, which are created by overlaying a grid on a photograph and painstakingly copying the image cell by cell, are, to the naked eye. nearly undifferentiable from photographs. Furthermore. Close's emphasis is on the disembodied head itself, expressionless and devoid of any overt personality. He has never acceded to commissions, relying on both his own image and his friends as models. In 1988. a collapsed spinal artery caused almost total paralysis, but Close has continued to work. His freer paintings evince a natural extension of an augmented interest in the minute grid over the total work that predated his illness. This nonprivileging of any particular part of the canvas finds its inspiration, oddly enough, in abstract expressionism, despite the apparent inconso-nance of the two techniques.
What is the author`s intent when discussing Close`s focus on the head of his subjects?
? The author compares the artistic impact of photographs of heads to that of abstract photographs of the same head.
? The author ruminates on wThat early experiences led to Close`s focus on the head as a unifying theme in his work.
? The author expounds upon how, by not accepting commissions. Close`s wTork has remained free of commercial influences.
? The author deconstructs the impact that Close`s illness had on the content of his paintings.
? The author believes that Close`s approach of depicting the head but none of the personality of the subject is rare.
Though artist Chuck Close has devoted his life to portraiture, his paintings rarely comport with that genre's traditional purpose.
portraiture 肖像畫(huà)法，人像藝術(shù)
comport? v.表現(xiàn)n.舉動(dòng)，行為
comport with? 與……一致
genre 體裁
雖然藝術(shù)家恰克·克洛斯畢生致力于肖像畫(huà)，但是他的畫(huà)卻幾乎不符合這一體裁的傳統(tǒng)目的。
His early photorealist images, which are created by overlaying a grid on a photograph and painstakingly copying the image cell by cell, are, to the naked eye. nearly undifferentiable from photographs.
photorealist寫(xiě)實(shí)的
overlay? v.覆蓋
grid n網(wǎng)格紙
painstakingly 刻苦地，十分小心的，煞費(fèi)苦心的
cell by cell 一格一格（cell一小格）
naked 裸的
他早期的攝影寫(xiě)實(shí)畫(huà)用裸眼幾乎不能和照片區(qū)分，這種畫(huà)是通過(guò)蒙一張格子紙?jiān)谡掌先缓笫中⌒牡匾桓褚桓竦貜?fù)制照片上的圖像。
Furthermore. Close's emphasis is on the disembodied head itself, expressionless and devoid of any overt personality. He has never acceded to commissions, relying on both his own image and his friends as models.
disembodied 似脫離人而存在的，無(wú)實(shí)體的
expressionless 無(wú)表情的
devoid 毫無(wú)……的
overt 公開(kāi)的，明顯的，不隱藏的
accede to (正式)加入，答應(yīng)，君主即位
commission (接受報(bào)酬的)任務(wù)，委托之事
而且，克洛斯強(qiáng)調(diào)的是沒(méi)有脫離肉體的，沒(méi)有表情，沒(méi)有任何明顯的個(gè)人特征的頭部的本身。他從沒(méi)接受過(guò)有報(bào)酬的畫(huà)畫(huà)，一直靠他自己的畫(huà)和他的朋友兼模特生活。
In 1988. a collapsed spinal artery caused almost total paralysis, but Close has continued to work. His freer paintings evince a natural extension of an augmented interest in the minute grid over the total work that predated his illness.
collapse? v倒塌，崩潰
spinal 脊柱的
artery 動(dòng)脈，主干路，要道
paralysis? n癱瘓，麻痹（復(fù)數(shù)paralyses）
freer 更加自由的
evince? v(經(jīng)常間接地)表明，顯示
augment? n爭(zhēng)吵，質(zhì)疑
minute n分鐘adj十分微小的，非常細(xì)小的
predate v早于，先于
over 部分或全部覆蓋在…上
1988年，脊髓動(dòng)脈的崩潰導(dǎo)致他幾乎全身癱瘓，但是克洛斯仍然繼續(xù)在創(chuàng)作。他更自由的繪畫(huà)作品間接表明了：他，對(duì)于覆蓋在他生病前全部作品上的細(xì)微網(wǎng)格的，受到爭(zhēng)議的，興趣，自然而然地增加了。
This nonprivileging of any particular part of the canvas finds its inspiration, oddly enough, in abstract expressionism, despite the apparent inconsonance of the two techniques.
nonprivileging 非特權(quán)的，不被特殊對(duì)待的
canvas 油畫(huà)布，帆布
expreddionism 表現(xiàn)派
despite? v.不管
inconsonance 不調(diào)和，不協(xié)和
inspiration 原型，靈感
非常奇怪的是，這種油畫(huà)布上的任何部分都不被特殊對(duì)待的畫(huà)畫(huà)方法在抽象主義中找到了原型，而這兩種技術(shù)顯然是不一致的。
What is the author`s intent when discussing Close`s focus on the head of his subjects?
A：The author compares the artistic impact of photographs of heads to that of abstract photographs of the same head.
B：The author ruminates() on what early experiences led to Close`s focus on the head as a unifying() theme in his work.
C：The author expounds upon() how, by not accepting commissions. Close`s work has remained free of commercial influences.
D：The author deconstructs() the impact that Close`s illness had on the content of his paintings.
E：The author believes that Close`s approach of depicting() the head but none of the personality of the subject is rare.
答案是E，我選的B
問(wèn)題問(wèn)的是作者寫(xiě)主人公專注于頭是為了表現(xiàn)什么。
選B是因?yàn)楹笪膶⒅魅斯漠?huà)和抽象主義比較，說(shuō)主人公的畫(huà)的靈感來(lái)自抽象主義。
選項(xiàng)里說(shuō)的是，作者反復(fù)考慮前人經(jīng)驗(yàn)對(duì)主人公的畫(huà)的主題的影響。
作者寫(xiě)主人公專注于頭不是為了表現(xiàn)作者反復(fù)考慮，而且也不是考慮出來(lái)的，是本身就已經(jīng)知道的。
而根據(jù)取反，作者寫(xiě)主人公專注于頭的這句前有個(gè)furthermore，所以這句是為了說(shuō)明furthermore前面的內(nèi)容，而前面說(shuō)了rarely component with traditional purpose ，所以是rare，對(duì)應(yīng)traditional。
