1 . Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)
One of the most influential figures of the Post-Impressionism movement in France, Vincent Van Gogh is also seen as a significant pioneer of 20th century Expressionism. Although he didn’t start painting until the final 10 years of his life and failed to sell a single work during his lifetime, his paintings and drawings are now some of the world’s best known works of modern art. Van Gogh is now one of the greatest modern artists.
Georges Seurat (1859-1891)
One of the most famous Post-Impressionist painters of the 1880s in France, the short-lived French artist Georges Seurat is noted for his invention of the colourist technique known as Pointillism, a form of Divisionism. In so doing, he pioneered the new style of Neo-Impressionism. Thanks to Seurat and his contemporary Paul Signac, it had a major influence on Italian Divisionism and on several other styles of Post-Impressionist painting. One of the great modern artists, Seurat died in his prime (鼎盛时期) at the age of 31.
Jules Cheret (1836-1932)
The painter and printmaker Jules Cheret was a key figure in French painting during the late 19th century, and the first artist to make his reputation in the medium of poster art. Cheret was a key figure in the history of poster art, producing more than 1, 000 posters, beginning with his 1867 advertisement for Sarah Bernardt.
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
A French painter and founder of the Impressionist movement, Claude Monet liked to paint outside and often painted the same scene at different times of the year to capture (捕捉) natural changes in colour and light. He also had a famous garden at his house in Giverny, in which he produced some of his most famous paintings of water-lily ponds.
1. What is special about Vincent Van Gogh?| A．He refused to sell his works. | B．He passed away very young. |
| C．He gained fame after death. | D．He influenced other artists. |
| A．Vincent V an Gogh. | B．Georges Seurat. |
| C．Jules Cheret. | D．Claude Monet. |
| A．They are received as realists. | B．They are regarded as pioneers. |
| C．They focused on the same theme. | D．They used the same painting techniques. |
2 . After written art had to fight a tough battle for attraction during the first decade of social media, owing to a certain group of writers, it is now on a significant rise. How Instagram and Twitter have offered jumpstarts to careers of authors like Dean Cocozza sets a blueprint for thousands of ambitious writers.
Cocozza started writing lyrics for his music as a teenager. He immediately had to experience that translating art to social media is not as simple as posting whatever his pen put down.
“Anyone who uses the platform with an intent will quickly learn that you only have the glimpse of a moment to catch the viewer’s attention. So the work I shared shifted to be more to the point, often one-liners. Then stuff started to go viral.”
The success and demand for more poems resulted in his first book Zero Dark Thirty, which sold out quickly. Despite the book containing mostly short writings, even said one-liners, Cocozza emphasizes that he doesn’t write for social media. “It was a very personal project resulting from a certain period of time” in his life. There are much bigger things that he works on and plans to get involved in.
Dean Cocozza has brought back emotional depth. In-between monetized (货币化的) content, blatant (明目张胆的) advertising and “perfect lives”, social media holds a spot for a new generation of artists, including literature. Critical thinkers and authentic writers remind the app’s consumers of their emotional human nature. Art galleries and bookstores might have lost a big part of their audience to digital media — but the art itself will always find ways to survive.
1. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 1 refer to?| A．Written art. | B．A tough battle. | C．Social media. | D．A group of writers. |
| A．To earn a living. | B．To draw readers’ attention. |
| C．To protect his personal life. | D．To show emotional depth. |
| A．Works with emotional depth are widely accepted on social media. |
| B．People with perfect lives like social media better. |
| C．Art galleries and bookstores will soon disappear. |
| D．Arts of emotion depth still hold value on social media. |
| A．Positive. | B．Carefree. | C．Doubtful. | D．Disapproving. |
