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The sculptural legacy that the new United States inherited from its colonial predecessors was far from a rich one, and in fact, in 1776 sculpture as an art form was still in the hand of artisans and craftspeople. Stone carvers engraved their motifs of skulls and crossbones and other religious icons of death into the gray slabs that we still see standing today in old burial grounds. Some skilled craftspeople made intricately carved wooden ornamentations for furniture or architectural decorations, while others carved wooden shop signs and ships' figureheads. Although they often achieved expression and formal excellence in their generally primitive style, they remained artisans skilled in the craft of carving and constituted a group distinct from what we normally think of as "sculptors" in today's use of the word.
On the rare occasion when a fine piece of sculpture was desired, Americans turned to foreign sculptors, as in the 1770's when the cities of New York and Charleston, South Carolina, commissioned the Englishman Joseph Wilton to make marble statues of William Pitt. Wilton also made a lead equestrian image of King George III that was created in New York in 1770 and torn down by zealous patriots six years later. A few marble memorials with carved busts, urns, or other decorations were produced in England and brought to the colonies to be set in the walls of churches - as in King's Chapel in Boston. But sculpture as a high art, practiced by artists who knew both the artistic theory of their Renaissance Baroque-Rococo predecessors and the various technical procedures of modeling, casting, and carving rich three- dimensional forms, was not known among Americans in 1776. Indeed, for many years thereafter, the United States had two groups from which to choose - either the local craftspeople or the imported talent of European sculptors.
The eighteenth century was not one in which powered sculptural conceptions were developed. Add to this the timidity with which unschooled artisans - originally trained as stonemasons, carpenters, or cabinetmakers - attacked the medium from which their sculptures were made in the United States in the late eighteenth century.
What can be inferred about the importation of marble memorials from England?
A. Such sculpture was as prestigious as those made locally.
B. Such sculpture was not available in the US.
C. The materials found abroad were superior.
D. Such sculpture was expensive to produce locally than to import.
The sculptural legacy that the new United States inherited from its colonial predecessors was far from a rich one, and in fact, in 1776 sculpture as an art form was still in the hand of artisans and craftspeople. Stone carvers engraved their motifs of skulls and crossbones and other religious icons of death into the gray slabs that we still see standing today in old burial grounds. Some skilled craftspeople made intricately carved wooden ornamentations for furniture or architectural decorations, while others carved wooden shop signs and ships' figureheads. Although they often achieved expression and formal excellence in their generally primitive style, they remained artisans skilled in the craft of carving and constituted a group distinct from what we normally think of as "sculptors" in today's use of the word.
On the rare occasion when a fine piece of sculpture was desired, Americans turned to foreign sculptors, as in the 1770's when the cities of New York and Charleston, South Carolina, commissioned the Englishman Joseph Wilton to make marble statues of William Pitt. Wilton also made a lead equestrian image of King George III that was created in New York in 1770 and torn down by zealous patriots six years later. A few marble memorials with carved busts, urns, or other decorations were produced in England and brought to the colonies to be set in the walls of churches - as in King's Chapel in Boston. But sculpture as a high art, practiced by artists who knew both the artistic theory of their Renaissance Baroque-Rococo predecessors and the various technical procedures of modeling, casting, and carving rich three- dimensional forms, was not known among Americans in 1776. Indeed, for many years thereafter, the United States had two groups from which to choose - either the local craftspeople or the imported talent of European sculptors.
The eighteenth century was not one in which powered sculptural conceptions were developed. Add to this the timidity with which unschooled artisans - originally trained as stonemasons, carpenters, or cabinetmakers - attacked the medium from which their sculptures were made in the United States in the late eighteenth century.
What can be inferred about the importation of marble memorials from England?
A. Such sculpture was as prestigious as those made locally.
B. Such sculpture was not available in the US.
C. The materials found abroad were superior.
D. Such sculpture was expensive to produce locally than to import.
Giải thích:
Điều nào có thể được suy ra về việc nhập các đài tưởng niệm bằng đá cẩm thạch từ Anh?
A. Những tác phẩm điêu khắc như thế cũng giá trị như những cái được làm tại địa phương.
B. Những tác phẩm điêu khắc như thế không có sẵn ở Hoa Kỳ.
C. Nguyên vật liệu ở nước ngoài cao cấp hơn.
D. Những tác phẩm điêu khắc như thế sản xuất ở địa phương thì tốn kém hơn là nhập khẩu.
Thông tin:
A few marble memorials with carved busts, urns, or other decorations were produced in England and brought to the colonies to be set in the walls of churches - as in King's Chapel in Boston. (Một số đài tưởng niệm bằng đá cẩm thạch chạm khắc tượng bán thân, bình vại hoặc những trang trí khác đã được sản xuất ở Anh và mang đến các thuộc địa để đặt trên các bức tường của nhà thờ - như trong Nhà nguyện của Vua ở Boston.)
Điều nào có thể được suy ra về việc nhập các đài tưởng niệm bằng đá cẩm thạch từ Anh?
A. Những tác phẩm điêu khắc như thế cũng giá trị như những cái được làm tại địa phương.
B. Những tác phẩm điêu khắc như thế không có sẵn ở Hoa Kỳ.
C. Nguyên vật liệu ở nước ngoài cao cấp hơn.
D. Những tác phẩm điêu khắc như thế sản xuất ở địa phương thì tốn kém hơn là nhập khẩu.
Thông tin:
A few marble memorials with carved busts, urns, or other decorations were produced in England and brought to the colonies to be set in the walls of churches - as in King's Chapel in Boston. (Một số đài tưởng niệm bằng đá cẩm thạch chạm khắc tượng bán thân, bình vại hoặc những trang trí khác đã được sản xuất ở Anh và mang đến các thuộc địa để đặt trên các bức tường của nhà thờ - như trong Nhà nguyện của Vua ở Boston.)
Đáp án B.