揽瓜阁做题小分队 第31天 The Parthenon Frieze: Idiosyncratic Stonework

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The Parthenon has long been regarded as one of the great architectural and artistic products of the High Classical Period. Yet, scholars have struggled to reach a consensus interpretation for the meaning of the Parthenon frieze. The study of this particular sculptural element of the Parthenon, a continuous band of sculpture that ran round the top of the building’s temple-chamber, has proven quite difficult.

Today only 423 feet of the original 524 survive, and of those, 247 feet are housed in the British Museum in London. Another large section is now in the Acropolis Museum in Athens, and still other pieces reside in exhibits throughout Europe, making it a difficult task to discuss, let alone experience the unified whole the designers wished the audience to witness—a key element in deciphering any work of art.

Denied the opportunity to study the frieze as it existed in antiquity, scholars are faced with the burden of reconstructing the visual experience of the monument before they can even begin interpreting it. To do so, an inventory is taken of characters and figure-types represented on the frieze and their arrangement. Then this inventory is compared to historical precedents and placed in its contemporary context in the hopes of using prior examples to decipher its meaning. Considering the various fragments of the Parthenon frieze as a whole and comparing it to other Greek artworks, two aspects of the arrangement immediately strike the informed viewer.

First, it is clear that the frieze is meant to be thought of as a continuous whole. This is particularly interesting because it is completely unprecedented in Greek art.Continuous friezes on 20 the faces of Greek temples generally depicted single subjects, but if continued over all four sides of a building, the four stretches of the frieze would generally be thematically separate.

The second unique aspect of the Parthenon frieze has to do with the fundamental nature of Greek art: namely that all works of art prior to the Parthenon frieze depicted only scenes from myth and legend. Yet, in this relief, for the first time in the history of Greek art, we find mortals, leading some scholars to the conclusion that what is depicted is a specific event that actually took place at a particular time and place.

1. In the context in which it appears, the word “informed” (Highlighted) most nearly means
(A) assiduous
(B) artistic
(C) unique
(D) erudite
(E) scientific

2. Which of the following would be the best title for the above passage?
(A) The Parthenon Frieze: An Insoluble Sculptural Mystery
(B) The Parthenon Frieze and Methods of Artistic Interpretation
(C) The Parthenon Frieze: Idiosyncratic Stonework
(D) Mortals in Greek Art
(E) The Parthenon Frieze: Continuity of Character

3. According to the passage, each of the following is true about the Parthenon EXCEPT:
(A) It was constructed in the High Classical Period.
(B) It has been seen as a great work of art.
(C) It was featured on a temple-chamber.
(D) It is not known how it looked at the time of its construction.
(E) It contained a one-of-a-kind sculptural element.

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P1.
1. Context: Parthenon – architectural and artistic products
2. Problem: consensus interpretation for the Parthenon frieze(X) -> frieze’s definition – the study is difficult

P2&3
1. Elaborate: The P frieze are dispersed in many places – making them difficult to discuss
2. Solutions: reconstruct its visual experience – analyze the characters and figures depicted –compare them to historical examples & interpret their meaning

P4&P5.
1. Findings(1): the frieze is continuous – not popular in Greek art before –single subject
2. Findings(2): nature of Greek art – depict “mortals” – specific historical event

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1. D erudite 博学的意思 ==> informed 具备一定知识

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速水愛媛 发表于 2021-5-1 08:30
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求教大佬，题3C选项是如何排除的？说Parthenon  was featured on a temple-chamber.帕台农神庙的特色是神庙的一个房间。全文为没说呀??? 定位句 The study of this particular sculptural element of the Parthenon, a continuous band of sculpture that ran round the top of the building’s temple-chamber, has proven quite difficult.这里的同位语是修饰of前面的element，即frieze，只是在解释frieze是个在庙上面的带状雕刻，没有提到万神殿的feature特点是什么呀

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2.Idiosyncratic怪异的，独特的。本文描述了Frieze以及对它的interpretation结果：1、continous 2、moortal跟其他古罗马时期的workarts不同3. 干扰D选项:看清题干，问的是Parthenon，原文说的是Denied the opportunity to study the frieze as it existed in antiquity，是frieze不知全貌，而非Parthenon本身。
但C选项Parthenon  was featured on a temple-chamber.帕台农神庙的特色是神庙的一个房间。全文为没说呀???

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