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What is art？This question has confused great thinkers for centuries. In fact, there is disagreement about exactly what art is. Most of us would agree that Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is art, but what about a video game? One dictionary states that art is making objects?Images or music, etc. that are beautiful or that express certain feelings.This, however, could be regarded as too general a definition（定义）. Marcel Ducharap With his bicycle wheel.

Art is usually divided into two areas: fine art, such as painting, music and sculpture （雕塑）and applied art （实用美术），such as fashion design, furniture making and gardening. According to Aristotle, fee art is something which has a conceptual function.（概念功能）. He noted that artists produced objects, drama and music which showed their emotions and ideas rather than just trying to offer a true image of nature. Andy Warhol, the American artist famous for his Pop Art in the 1960s, once said, “An artist produces things that people don't need to have.This is the biggest difference between fine and applied art. Applied art requires an object to be functional as well as beautiful.

In the twentieth century, however, artists began to challenge the accepted idea of art. The French artist Marcel Duchamp changed peopled understanding of what sculpture was by mounting a bicycle wheel upside down on a stool in 1913 and calling it art. In 2002, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama created an art work that required the public's involvement. In this work, visitors were asked to cover a white room that had white furniture and objects in it, with many colorful sticker dots （圆形贴纸）.He once said, “Everything an artist produces is art”.

Today, we can see examples of art all around us which are not expensive, many towns and cities have public art which can be enjoyed by all. Some museums, like the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, have no entrance fee. Others are free for children and students.

Street art is also popular in different neighborhoods around the world.

Art can make our ordinary, everyday lives a little more special. This idea may not work for all art, but perhaps we can agree that it is a goal towards which all artists should work.

【1】What question has confused great thinkers for centuries?

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【2】What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

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【3】What does applied art require according to this passage?

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【4】When did artists begin to challenge the accepted idea of art?

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【5】What’s the writer’s opinion on art?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】What is art？

【2】the two areas of art.

【3】Applied art requires an object to be functional as well as beautiful。

【4】In the 20th century.

【5】Art makes our ordinary, everyday lives a little more special.

【解析】

本文主要讲了两种艺术领域的共同点与区别。

【1】题干句意：几个世纪以来，什么问题使伟大的思想家困惑？

根据上文What is art？This question has confused great thinkers for centuries. 什么是艺术？这个问题使伟大的思想家困惑几个世纪。故答案为What is art？

【2】题干句意：第二段主要讲什么？

根据本段的主题句Art is usually divided into two areas: fine art, such as painting, music and sculpture （雕塑）and applied art （实用美术），such as fashion design, furniture making and gardening. 艺术通常分为两个领域：美术，如绘画、音乐和雕塑和实用美术，如时装设计、家具制造和园艺。可知本段主要讲了艺术的两个领域。故答案为the two areas of art.

【3】题干句意：根据这篇文章，应用艺术要求什么？

根据上文Applied art requires an object to be functional as well as beautiful. 应用艺术要求物体既要实用又要美观。故答案为Applied art requires an object to be functional as well as beautiful.

【4】题干句意：艺术家什么时候开始挑战公认的艺术理念？

根据上文In the twentieth century, however, artists began to challenge the accepted idea of art. 然而，在二十世纪，艺术家开始挑战公认的艺术理念。故答案为In the 20th century.

【5】题干句意：作者对艺术有什么看法？

根据上文Art can make our ordinary, everyday lives a little more special. This idea may not work for all art, but perhaps we can agree that it is a goal towards which all artists should work. 艺术可以使我们平凡的日常生活更特别一点。这个想法可能不适合所有的艺术，但也许我们赞同这是一个所有艺术家都应该努力实现的目标。可知作者对艺术的看法是“艺术可以使我们平凡的日常生活更特别一点。”，故答案为Art makes our ordinary, everyday lives a little more special.