2美国时代周刊常用词汇.doc

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 spiri