考研英语复习资料 《时代周刊》常用词汇-艺术类

　　艺术 Art

　　1.abstract art : 抽象派艺术

　　A nonrepresentational style that emphasizes formal values over the representation of subject matter.

　　强调形式至上，忽视内容的一种非写实主义绘画风格

　　Kandinsky produced abstract art characterized by imagery that had a musical quality.

　　康定斯创作的抽象派作品有一种音乐美。

　　2.abstract expressionism : 抽象表现派;抽象表现主义

　　A nonrepresentational style that emphasizes emotion, strong color, and giving primacy to the act of painting.

　　把绘画本身作为目的，以表达情感和浓抹重涂为特点的非写实主义风格。

　　Abstract expressionism was at its peak in the 1940s and 1950s.

　　20世纪四五十年代是抽象表现艺术发展的顶峰时期。

　　3.action painting : 动作画派

　　A term used to describe aggressive methods of applying paint.

　　指使画布产生强烈动作效果的绘画风格。

　　Action painting often looks childish to the non-artist because of the

　　techniques used to apply paint, such as throwing it on the canvas.

　　在外行看来，动作派的作品通常是幼稚的，这主要是因为画家采用的作画方法，比如将颜料泼洒在画布上。

　　4.airbrush : 喷枪;气笔

　　A nozzled tube used to apply paint in a spray form.

　　一种将颜料喷成雾状的喷嘴管。

　　The famous sexy robots in Japan are produced using an airbrush.

　　那些性感的日本机器人就是用喷枪绘制成的。

　　5.art deco ：装饰派艺术

　　A style dominant in the 1920s and 1930s, characterized by repetitive, ornamental, and highly finished curvilinear and geometric designs, esp. in synthetic materials such as plastics.

　　盛行于20世纪二、三十年代的装饰艺术和建筑艺术风格，以重复的、装饰精美的曲线和几何图案为特点国，多采用塑料等合成材料。

　　Mary attended high school in a building that was famous for art deco style of architecture.

　　Mary就读的中学以其装饰派建筑而闻名。

　　6.art nouveau ：新艺术

　　A decorative style in which fluid, biomorphic lines and swirling motifs were emphasized.

　　以曲折有致的天然生物形态为特色的装饰性风格。

　　Beardsley prints produced in the late 19th century are a good example of the style of art nouveau.

　　19世纪末比乐兹利的作品是新艺术的典范。

　　7.avent-garde : 先锋派

　　Innovative art in advance of popular ideas and images, characterized by unorthodox and experimental method.

　　不拘于现有的创作定式，勇于创新超前思维的艺术形式。

　　The avant-garde home of the famous actress sold for millions.

　　那位影星的先锋派住宅卖出了几百万美元的好价钱。

　　8.Baroque ：巴罗克风格

　　An emotional, dramatic style of the 16th-18th century, anticlassical in form and spirit.

　　流行于16至18世纪，以情感强烈、铺张浮华为特点的反古典主义的艺术风格。

　　Status and architecture from the Baroque have a dark, muscular, looming quality about them.

　　巴罗克风格的雕塑和建筑雄伟、高大、格调阴暗。

　　9.batik ：蜡防印花

　　Painting on wax-treated cloth.

　　在蜡布上作的画。

　　Susan learned about batik in college.

　　苏珊在读大学时学过蜡防印花。

　　10.Bauhaus ：包豪斯建筑风格

　　A design school that promoted functional and geometric elements in design.

　　指包豪斯造型学院倡导的强调实用和几何学要素的建筑风格。

　　Bauhaus school of design in Germany changed the way that the world thought about design.

　　德国的包豪斯造型学院倡导的艺术改变了世人的既定设计思维模式。a