托福听力TPO1原文 Lecture 1

1、托福听力TPO1原文 Lecture 1 下面就让小编来为大家介绍一下托福听力TPO1原文中Lecture 1的文本内容吧，大家要好好把握，这些都是非常有价值的材料，希望能够给准备托福听力的同学带来帮助。 TPO 1 Lecture 1Contemporary artListen to part of a lecture in a contemporary art class. ProfessorOk, Im going to begin this lecture by giving you your next assignment. Remember I said that at some

2、point during this semester I wanted you to attend an exhibit at the Fairy Street Gallery and then write about it? Well, the exhibit that I want you to attend is coming up. Its already started in fact, but itll be at the gallery for the next month, which should give you plenty of time to complete thi

3、s assignment. The name of the artist exhibiting there is Rose Frantzen. Frantzens work may be unfamiliar to you since shes a relatively young artist. But shes got a very unusual style, compared to some of the artists weve looked at this term. But anyway, Frantzens style is what she herself calls Rea

4、listic Impressionism. So youve probably studied both of these movements separately, separate movements, Realism and Impressionism, in some of your art history courses. So who can just sum these up? StudentWell, Impressionism started in the late 19th century. Umthe basic impressionist style was very

5、different from earlier styles. It didnt depict scenes or models exactly as they looked. Um Impressionist painters tended to apply paint really thickly, and in big brushstrokes, so the texture of the canvas was rough. ProfessorGood. What else? What were the subjects? StudentWell, a lot of impressioni

6、st artists painted everyday scenes, like people on the streets and in cafes, uh, lots of nature scenes, especially landscapes. ProfessorGood. So when you go to the exhibit, I really want you to take a close look at a certain painting. Its a farm scene. And you will see it right as you enter the gall

7、ery. The reason I think this painting is so important is that it stresses the impressionist aspect of Frantzens style. Its an outdoor scene, an everyday scene. Its kind of bleak, but you can really see those broad brushstrokes and the blurry lines. The colors arent quite realistic. The sky is kind o

8、f, well an unnatural pinkish yellow. And the fence in the foreground is blue, but somehow the overall scene gives an impression of a cold, bleak winter day on a farm. So thats the impressionist side of her work. Oh, and speaking about farms, that reminds me. One interesting thing I read about Franzt

9、en is that when she first moved back to Iowa after living abroad, she often visited this place in her town called the Sales Barn. And the Sales Barn, it was basically this place where the local farmers bought and sold their cattle, their farm animals. And the reason Frantzen went there, and she late

10、r on would visit other places like dance halls, was to observe people and the ways that they moved. She really found that this helped her work-that it gave her an understanding of body movements and actions, how humans move, and stand still, what their postures were like, too. So, what about Realism

11、? What are the elements of Realism we should be looking for in Frantzens work? StudentUm real honest depictions of subject matter, pretty unidealized stuff, and pretty everyday subject matter, too. ProfessorGood. One other painting I really want you to look at is of a young woman surrounded by pumpk

12、ins. You will notice that the womans face is so realistic looking that its almost like a photograph. The womans nose is a little less than perfect and her hair is kind of messed up. This is realism. But then, the background of the painting, this woman with the pumpkins is wrapped in a blanket of bro

13、ad thick brushstrokes, and, its all kinds of zigzagging brushstrokes and lines, kind of chaotic almost when you look at it close. And there are vibrant colors. Theres lots of orange, with little hints of an electric blue peeking out. I find Frantzen to be a very accessible artist. I mean, some artis

14、ts, to appreciate them, you have to know their life story. But heres a little bit about Rose Frantzens life anyway. She attended art school, but was told by one of her instructors that she was not good at illustration, that she should go into advertising instead. So she took advertising classes and

15、fine arts classes too, until she was convinced by the head of an advertising agency that her work was really good, that she could be an artist. But of course, its not as easy as that, and so Frantzen had to paint other peoples portraits at places like art fairs just to make money to buy paint for he

16、r more serious art work. No matter what, she never stopped painting. And now, Frantzen is doing extremely well. And her work is being shown all over the country. So I think most of us would be discouraged if we had to face challenges and difficulties like that. But whats important is that you keep a

17、t it that you dont give up. Thats what is really important to remember. 当代艺术 独白：听一段节选自当代艺术课堂的讲座。 教授：同学们，我将以给各位布置下一次作业的方式来开始今天的课。还记得这学期我说过让你们参加仙女街画廊展出并写观后感的事吗？现在，我说的那个展出马上就到了。其实，它已经开始了，而那个画廊将在下个月开始，给你们来完成这次作业的时间应该还算充裕的。参展的艺术家有 Rose Frantzen。Frantzen 的作品对你们来说可能会陌生，因为她是一个相对年轻的艺术家。相对于我们这个学期了解过的一些艺术家而言，她

18、的风格的确和大家有很大不同。但不管怎么说，Frantzen 的风格是她自己宣称的现实印象派。所以，你们可能已经在艺术史课程里间歇地学习过这两次运动，迥异的运动现实主义和印象派。那么，谁来对它们做个小结？ 学生：印象派开始于 19 世纪后期。嗯.基础印象派画家的风格跟早期的风格有着很大的不同。它并不完全按照实景或模特的形状来描绘。嗯.印象派画家往往不吝油墨，并喜欢用粗笔，这样使帆布的质地显得粗糙。 教授：很好。还有吗？(至于)主题呢？ 学生：嗯，很多印象派画家画日常生活场景，如在街上和在网吧的人，很多的自然景观，特别是山水风景。 教授：很好。当你们去参观这个展会的时候，我真希望你们仔细看一个作品

19、。这是一个农场场景。你一进入画廊就会看见。我认为这幅画是如此重要的原因是它突出了 Frantzen 印象派风格的特征。这是一个户外场景，日常生活场景。这(看上去)有点凄凉，看着这些粗大、模糊的线条。颜色不太逼真。天空(的颜色)有点嗯，桃黄色。还有，近景的篱笆又是蓝色的，但这个场景整体给人冷清、凄凉，冬日农场的印象。这就是她印象派风格的作品。哦，说到农场，倒提醒了我。我读过关于 Franzten 的一件趣事：当她结束国外生活第一次回到爱荷华的时候，她经常光顾她老家一个叫做 Sales Barn 的地方。Sales Barn 基本上是当地农民买卖牲畜、家畜的地方。而 Frantzen 去那里和后来去其他地方如舞厅的原因是观察人们和人们移动的方式。她发现这对她的工作相当有帮助这段经历让她了解了身体的运动，人们如何舞动，如何静立，他们的姿势又是怎么样的。那么，现实主义呢？我们应该从Frantzen 的作品中寻找什么样的现实