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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（定義）. 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 （實用美術），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 （圓形貼紙）.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

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【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】

本文主要講了兩種藝術領域的共同點與區(qū)別。

【1】題干句意：幾個世紀以來，什么問題使偉大的思想家困惑？

根據(jù)上文What is art？This question has confused great thinkers for centuries. 什么是藝術？這個問題使偉大的思想家困惑幾個世紀。故答案為What is art？

【2】題干句意：第二段主要講什么？

根據(jù)本段的主題句Art is usually divided into two areas: fine art, such as painting, music and sculpture （雕塑）and applied art （實用美術），such as fashion design, furniture making and gardening. 藝術通常分為兩個領域：美術，如繪畫、音樂和雕塑和實用美術，如時裝設計、家具制造和園藝�？芍�本段主要講了藝術的兩個領域。故答案為the two areas of art.

【3】題干句意：根據(jù)這篇文章，應用藝術要求什么？

根據(jù)上文Applied art requires an object to be functional as well as beautiful. 應用藝術要求物體既要實用又要美觀。故答案為Applied art requires an object to be functional as well as beautiful.

【4】題干句意：藝術家什么時候開始挑戰(zhàn)公認的藝術理念？

根據(jù)上文In the twentieth century, however, artists began to challenge the accepted idea of art. 然而，在二十世紀，藝術家開始挑戰(zhàn)公認的藝術理念。故答案為In the 20th century.

【5】題干句意：作者對藝術有什么看法？

根據(jù)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. 藝術可以使我們平凡的日常生活更特別一點。這個想法可能不適合所有的藝術，但也許我們贊同這是一個所有藝術家都應該努力實現(xiàn)的目標�？芍�作者對藝術的看法是“藝術可以使我們平凡的日常生活更特別一點。”，故答案為Art makes our ordinary, everyday lives a little more special.