英语六级阅读备考：仔细阅读练习(10)
<p> <span word="Passage">Passage</span> <span word="Ten">Ten</span></p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="earliest">earliest</span> <span word="controversies">controversies</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="relationship">relationship</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="photography">photography</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="centered">centered</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="photographs">photographs</span> <span word="fidelity">fidelity</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="appearances">appearances</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dependence">dependence</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="machine">machine</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fine">fine</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="distinct">distinct</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="merely">merely</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="practical">practical</span> <span word="art">art</span>. <span word="Throughout">Throughout</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nineteenth">nineteenth</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="defence">defence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="photography">photography</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="identical">identical</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="struggle">struggle</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="establish">establish</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fine">fine</span> <span word="art">art</span>. <span word="Against">Against</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="charge">charge</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="photography">photography</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="soulless">soulless</span>, <span word="mechanical">mechanical</span> <span word="copying">copying</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="reality">reality</span>, <span word="photographers">photographers</span> <span word="asserted">asserted</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="privileged">privileged</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="seeing">seeing</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="revolt">revolt</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="commonplace">commonplace</span> <span word="vision">vision</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="worthy">worthy</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="painting">painting</span>.</p><p> <span word="Ironically">Ironically</span>, <span word="now">now</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="photography">photography</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="securely">securely</span> <span word="established">established</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fine">fine</span> <span word="art">art</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="photographers">photographers</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="pretentious">pretentious</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="irrelevant">irrelevant</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="label">label</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="such">such</span>. <span word="Serious">Serious</span> <span word="photographers">photographers</span> <span word="variously">variously</span> <span word="claim">claim</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="finding">finding</span>, <span word="recording">recording</span>, <span word="impartially">impartially</span> <span word="observing">observing</span>, <span word="witnessing">witnessing</span> <span word="events">events</span>, <span word="exploring">exploring</span> <span word="themselvesanything">themselvesanything</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="art">art</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="willing">willing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="debate">debate</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="photography">photography</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fine">fine</span> <span word="art">art</span>, <span word="except">except</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="proclaim">proclaim</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="involved">involved</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="art">art</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="shows">shows</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="extent">extent</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="simply">simply</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="granted">granted</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="concept">concept</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="imposed">imposed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="triumph">triumph</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Modernism">Modernism</span>: <span word="the">the</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="art">art</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="subversive">subversive</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="aims">aims</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="art">art</span>.</p><p> <span word="Photographers">Photographers</span> <span word="disclaimers">disclaimers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="interest">interest</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="tell">tell</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="harried">harried</span> <span word="status">status</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="contemporary">contemporary</span> <span word="notion">notion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="photography">photography</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="art">art</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="those">those</span> <span word="photographers">photographers</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="suppose">suppose</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="by">by</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="pictures">pictures</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pretensions">pretensions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="exemplified">exemplified</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="painting">painting</span> <span word="remind">remind</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="Abstract">Abstract</span> <span word="Expressionist">Expressionist</span> <span word="painters">painters</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="imagined">imagined</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="intellectual">intellectual</span> <span word="austerity">austerity</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="classical">classical</span> <span word="Modernist">Modernist</span> <span word="painting">painting</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="concentrating">concentrating</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="physical">physical</span> <span word="act">act</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="painting">painting</span>. <span word="Much">Much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="photographys">photographys</span> <span word="prestige">prestige</span> <span word="today">today</span> <span word="derives">derives</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="convergence">convergence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="aims">aims</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="art">art</span>, <span word="particularly">particularly</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dismissal">dismissal</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="abstract">abstract</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="implicit">implicit</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="phenomenon">phenomenon</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Pop">Pop</span> <span word="painting">painting</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1960<span word="s">s</span>. <span word="Appreciating">Appreciating</span> <span word="photographs">photographs</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="relief">relief</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sensibilities">sensibilities</span> <span word="tired">tired</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mental">mental</span> <span word="exertions">exertions</span> <span word="demanded">demanded</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="abstract">abstract</span> <span word="art">art</span>. <span word="Classical">Classical</span> <span word="Modernist">Modernist</span> <span word="paintingthat">paintingthat</span> <span word="is">is</span>, <span word="abstract">abstract</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="developed">developed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="ways">ways</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Picasso">Picasso</span>, <span word="Kandinsky">Kandinsky</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Matissepresupposes">Matissepresupposes</span> <span word="highly">highly</span> <span word="developed">developed</span> <span word="skills">skills</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="looking">looking</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="familiarity">familiarity</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="paintings">paintings</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="art">art</span>. <span word="Photography">Photography</span>, <span word="like">like</span> <span word="Pop">Pop</span> <span word="painting">painting</span>, <span word="reassures">reassures</span> <span word="viewers">viewers</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="hard">hard</span>; <span word="photography">photography</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="subjects">subjects</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="art">art</span>.</p>
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