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I INTRODUCTION
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The best things in an artist's work are so much a matter of intuition, that there is much to be said for the point of view that would altogether discourage intellectual inquiry1 into artistic2 phenomena3 on the part of the artist. Intuitions are shy things and apt to disappear if looked into too closely. And there is undoubtedly4 a danger that too much knowledge and training may supplant5 the natural intuitive feeling of a student, leaving only a cold knowledge of the means of expression in its place. For the artist, if he has the right stuff in him, has a consciousness, in doing his best work, of something, as Ruskin has said, "not in him but through him." He has been, as it were, but the agent through which it has found expression.
Talent can be described as "that which we have," and Genius as "that which has us." Now, although we may have little control over this power that "has us," and although it may be as well to abandon oneself unreservedly to its influence, there can be little doubt as to its being the business of the artist to see to it that his talent be so developed, that he 18may prove a fit instrument for the expression of whatever it may be given him to express; while it must be left to his individual temperament6 to decide how far it is advisable to pursue any intellectual analysis of the elusive7 things that are the true matter of art.
Provided the student realises this, and that art training can only deal with the perfecting of a means of expression and that the real matter of art lies above this and is beyond the scope of teaching, he cannot have too much of it. For although he must ever be a child before the influence that moves him, if it is not with the knowledge of the grown man that he takes off his coat and approaches the craft of painting or drawing, he will be poorly equipped to make them a means of conveying to others in adequate form the things he may wish to express. Great things are only done in art when the creative instinct of the artist has a well-organised executive
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inquiry
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n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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artistic
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adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的 | |
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phenomena
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n.现象 | |
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vt.排挤;取代 | |
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n.气质,性格,性情 | |
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elusive
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adj.难以表达(捉摸)的;令人困惑的;逃避的 | |
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faculty
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n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员 | |
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proceeding
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adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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证明…有理( justify的第三人称单数 ); 为…辩护; 对…作出解释; 为…辩解(或辩护) | |
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intentionally
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ad.故意地,有意地 | |
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inadequate
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adj.(for,to)不充足的,不适当的 | |
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stimulate
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vt.刺激,使兴奋;激励,使…振奋 | |
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purely
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adv.纯粹地,完全地 | |
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accurately
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adv.准确地,精确地 | |
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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sentient
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adj.有知觉的,知悉的;adv.有感觉能力地 | |
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portrayed
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v.画像( portray的过去式和过去分词 );描述;描绘;描画 | |
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remarkable
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adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的 | |
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adj.原始的;简单的;n.原(始)人,原始事物 | |
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n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧 | |
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reverence
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n.敬畏,尊敬,尊严;Reverence:对某些基督教神职人员的尊称;v.尊敬,敬畏,崇敬 | |
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深思,细想,仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 ); 注视,凝视; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑,沉思,苦思冥想 | |
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a. 跳动的,悸动的 | |
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motive
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n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的 | |
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n.动机,目的( motive的名词复数 ) | |
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a.刺激的 | |
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v.推动、推进或敦促某人做某事( impel的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解 | |
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v.(使)休息;n.安息 | |
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adv.严厉地,严格地;严密地 | |
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rhythmic
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adj.有节奏的,有韵律的 | |
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touching
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adj.动人的,使人感伤的 | |
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instinctively
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adv.本能地 | |
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aesthetic
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adj.美学的,审美的,有美感 | |
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grandeur
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n.伟大,崇高,宏伟,庄严,豪华 | |
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poetic
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adj.富有诗意的,有诗人气质的,善于抒情的 | |
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adj.激发美感的;感官的,感觉上的 | |
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innate
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adj.天生的,固有的,天赋的 | |
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uncommon
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adj.罕见的,非凡的,不平常的 | |
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adv.虔诚地,虔敬地,衷心地 | |
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dispel
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vt.驱走,驱散,消除 | |
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n.自我,自己,自尊 | |
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animating
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v.使有生气( animate的现在分词 );驱动;使栩栩如生地动作;赋予…以生命 | |
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vi.醒,觉醒;vt.唤醒,使觉醒,唤起,激起 | |
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adj.在下面的,含蓄的,潜在的 | |
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savage
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adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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n.朗诵,独奏会,独唱会 | |
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solely
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adv.仅仅,唯一地 | |
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utilitarian
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adj.实用的,功利的 | |
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自称( pretension的名词复数 ); 自命不凡; 要求; 权力 | |
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illustrate
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v.举例说明,阐明;图解,加插图 | |
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analogous
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adj.相似的;类似的 | |
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derived
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vi.起源;由来;衍生;导出v.得到( derive的过去式和过去分词 );(从…中)得到获得;源于;(从…中)提取 | |
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sublime
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adj.崇高的,伟大的;极度的,不顾后果的 | |
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laboriously
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adv.艰苦地;费力地;辛勤地;(文体等)佶屈聱牙地 | |
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pretentious
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adj.自命不凡的,自负的,炫耀的 | |
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skilfulness
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巧妙 | |
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possessed
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adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的 | |
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worthy
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adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的 | |
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