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Lecture 1(Art History)
QUESTIONS
1. What point does the professor make about the writing of a formal analysis in art history?
a. Its objective is to identify common features of several works of art.
b. Its most important part is the explanation of an artwork's significance.
c. Several styles of writing a formal analysis are used by art historians.
d. A particular approach is required to present Information about an artwork.
答案：D
破题关键词汇：formal analysis in art history
解析：
(从第22秒开始，原文重现：I gave you a list of appropriate works of art for you to write about, so your next step in this process needs to be, to go look at the work you selected as your topic, and bring a pencil and a notepad with you, because I don’t mean you should just drop by at the museum, and glance at it, so you can say you see it in real life, you need to go and sit in front of the work, and really look at it, carefully, slowly, and keep careful notes about what you see, you need them for the kind of art history paper you are going to be writing, it’s what we call a formal analysis. A formal analysis of a work of art, any kind of art, is based on its formal qualities, which means qualities related to the form, things like color, texture, line, shapes, proportion, and composition.)
教授在开篇就对formal analysis进行了介绍，它是用一种特殊的方式用来呈现一件艺术品的信息，比如需要基于它的一些属性，如颜色，质地，线条，形状，比例，组成等等，所以D选项正确。
2. According to the professor, what will students need to do before writing the art history paper?
a. Look at examples of formal analysis in textbooks
b. Take notes on the artwork they will write about
c. Go to different museums before selecting a topic for the paper
d. Study the historical context of the artwork they will write about
答案：B
破题关键词汇：before writing the art history paper
解析：
(从第41秒开始，原文重现：you need to go and sit in front of the work, and really look at it, carefully, slowly, and keep careful notes about what you see)
所以B选项正确，需要仔细的对艺术品进行记录。
3. Why does the professor mention an English class?
a. To explain the difference between visual language and written language
b. To explain that students need good writing skills for their assignment
c. To point out similarities between a poetry paper and the students' assignment
d. To point out that many art historians become writers
答案：C
破题关键词汇：an English class
解析：
(从第1分32秒开始，原文重现：A formal analysis paper in art history is very similar.)
由此可见，作者之所以提及英语课，是因为写analysis poem和写艺术历史的analysis paper之间是很类似的，所以C选项正确。
4. What does the professor recommend as a way to understand the relationship between different parts of an artwork?
a. Looking for lines that connect different parts of the work
b. Examining the artwork from several different angles
c. Looking for similar colors the artist used throughout the work
d. Determining how the viewer's eyes move around the work
答案：D
破题关键词汇：the relationship between different parts of an artwork
解析：
(从第2分44秒开始，原文重现：And if you don’t know where to begin, take note of where your eye goes first. Then describe things in the order in which your eye moves around the work.)
根据原文，教授说如果不知道从何入手，那么可以首先记录一下自己的眼睛第一眼会看哪里，然后根据眼睛移动的顺序来对艺术品进行描述，所以D选项正确。
5. Why does the professor talk about his own experience analyzing the painting of a little boy?
a. To point out a common misconception about formal analysis
b. To stress the importance of looking at an artwork thoroughly
c. To show why a formal analysis should not emphasize small details
d. To provide an example of an artwork that is easy to analyze
答案：B
破题关键词汇：own experience, a little boy
解析：
(从第3分33秒开始，原文重现：In the painting, the little boy was standing in his nursery, and he was holding a toy bird in his hand, and there were more toys around him in the background of the painting, because of the bird he was holding, I assumed at first that the painting was about the innocence of children, but as I looked the painting longer, I realized that the boy’s eyes look sad, even though there was no discern of the expression on his face, and then it domed on me that even though he was surround by toys, he was all alone in his nursery, the boy’s eyes were significant detail in the painting that I didn’t notice at first. )
根据原文，教授说刚开始看时，以为这幅画只是在讲孩子的无辜，但是仔细看后，发现是在讲这个孩子的孤独，所以B选项正确，教授想要强调仔细彻底的看一幅画的重要性。
6. The professor describes three sections the art history paper should contain. Place them in the order in which they should appear in the paper.
Click on a phrase. Then drag it to the space where it belongs.
1.
2.
3.
Answer Choices
a.Analysis of the design elements the artist uses
b.Discussion of the meaning of the artwork
c.Summary of the appearance of the artwork
答案：C, A, B
破题关键词汇：the art history paper should contain, in the order
解析：
(从第2分01秒开始，原文重现：This will give your reader an overview of what the work looks like before you analysis it. )
根据原文可知C 选项的把艺术品的外观总结呈现给大家，是排在第一位的，然后是再进一步的A选项的对艺术品的设计元素进行分析，最后是B选项的对艺术品的含义进行讨论。
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