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1、20222022 届高考英语一轮复习话题届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材阅读素材 444420222022 届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材 4444Trees Are VioletTrees Are VioletIn 1874,fifty-five artists held the first independent group showIn 1874,fifty-five artists held the first independent group showof Impressionist art.Most of them,including Canne,Pi

2、ssarro,Renoir,of Impressionist art.Most of them,including Canne,Pissarro,Renoir,Degas,Degas,Monet,Monet,Manet,Manet,andand hishis sister-in-lawsister-in-law BertheBerthe MorisotMorisot-aabunch of lunatics and a woman,remarked one observer-had beenbunch of lunatics and a woman,remarked one observer-h

3、ad beenrejected by the Salon,the annual French state-sponsored exhibitionrejected by the Salon,the annual French state-sponsored exhibitionthat offeredthat offered the onlythe only real opportunityreal opportunity forfor artistsartists toto displaydisplay andand sellselltheir work.Never mind,they to

4、ld each other.At the Salon,paintingstheir work.Never mind,they told each other.At the Salon,paintingswere stacked three or four high,and crowded too closely together onwere stacked three or four high,and crowded too closely together onthethe walls.walls.AtAt theirtheir independentindependent exhibit

5、ion,exhibition,mountedmounted inin whatwhat waswasformerly a photographers studio,the artists could hang their worksformerly a photographers studio,the artists could hang their worksat eye level with space between them.Although the artists didnt callat eye level with space between them.Although the

6、artists didnt callthemselves Impressionists at first,this occasion would be the firstthemselves Impressionists at first,this occasion would be the firstof eight such Impressionist exhibits over the next twelve years.of eight such Impressionist exhibits over the next twelve years.AnAnoutragedoutraged

7、critic,critic,LouisLouisLeroy,Leroy,coinedcoinedthethelabellabelImpressionist.Impressionist.HeHe lookedlooked atat MonetsMonets ImpressionImpression Sunrise,Sunrise,thetheartists sensory response to a harbor at dawn,painted with sketchyartists sensory response to a harbor at dawn,painted with sketch

8、ybrushstrokes.Impression!the journalist scoffed.Wallpaper in itsbrushstrokes.Impression!the journalist scoffed.Wallpaper in itsembryonicembryonic statestate is is moremore finished!finished!WithinWithin a a year,year,thethe namenameImpressionism was an accepted term in the art world.Impressionism wa

9、s an accepted term in the art world.If the name was accepted,the art itself was not.In impressionistIf the name was accepted,the art itself was not.In impressionist第 2 页paintings,paintings,treestrees areare violet;violet;thethe skysky is is thethe colorcolor ofof freshfresh butter.butter.Although so

10、me people appreciated the new paintings,many did not.Although some people appreciated the new paintings,many did not.The critics agreed the Impressionists couldnt draw and their colorsThe critics agreed the Impressionists couldnt draw and their colorswere considered vulgar.Their compositions were st

11、range.Their short,were considered vulgar.Their compositions were strange.Their short,hurried brushstrokes made their paintings practically illegible.hurried brushstrokes made their paintings practically illegible.Impressionism broke every rule of the French Academy of FineImpressionism broke every r

12、ule of the French Academy of FineArts,Arts,thethe conservativeconservative schoolschool thatthat hadhad dominateddominated artart trainingtraining andandtaste since 1648.Impressionist scenes of modern urban and countrytaste since 1648.Impressionist scenes of modern urban and countrylife were a far c

13、ry from the Academic efforts to teach moral lessonslife were a far cry from the Academic efforts to teach moral lessonsthroughthrough historic,historic,andand mythologicalmythological themes.themes.ThisThis tradition,tradition,drawndrawnfromfrom ancientancient GreekGreek andand RomanRoman art,art,fe

14、aturedfeatured idealizedidealized images.images.SymmetricalSymmetrical compositions,compositions,hardhard outlines,outlines,andand smoothsmooth painpain surfacessurfacescharacterized academic paintings.characterized academic paintings.DespiteDespite thethe AcademysAcademys power,power,seedsseeds ofo

15、f artisticartistic andand politicalpoliticalunrest had been sown long before 1874.The mid-19th century was aunrest had been sown long before 1874.The mid-19th century was atime of political instability in France.During the Revolution of 1848,time of political instability in France.During the Revolut

16、ion of 1848,Parisian workers with socialist goals overthrew the monarchy,only toParisian workers with socialist goals overthrew the monarchy,only tosee conservatives seize the reins of government later that year.Fearsee conservatives seize the reins of government later that year.Fearofoffurtherfurth

17、eruprisingsuprisingscreatedcreatedwidespreadwidespreaddistrustdistrustamongamongthethearistocracy,the poor,and the newly prosperous bourgeoisie or middlearistocracy,the poor,and the newly prosperous bourgeoisie or middleclass.class.Meanwhile,Meanwhile,thethe far-reachingfar-reaching IndustrialIndustrial RevolutionRevolution fosteredfostered a anew faith in the individual and his unlimited potential.Romanticnew faith in the individual and his unlimited potential.Romantic第 3 页第 4 页