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湖南省常德市2023届高三下学期模拟考试英语试卷 学校：___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 一、听力题 Its hard to imagine a visual record of the 20th century without Picasso. The Spanish artist captured everything from the horrors of war to the boundless possibilities of the human form. Even those unfamiliar with the modern art history can likely identify a few of his best-known paintings. The Old Guitarist Completed: Late 1903 to early 1904 Where to see it: Art Institute of Chicago The Old Guitarist has to be one of the most sorrowful paintings to ever capture the art world’s imagination. The figure depicted(描绘) thin and cross-legged appears exhausted as he sits over his brown guitar. Garcon a la Pipe Completed: 1905 Where to see it: Private collection With Gar?on à la Pipe (Boy With a Pipe), we move from Picassos blue period to the more lively rose period. And while the figure in the oil-on-canvas portrait is clothed in blue, the background features happier shades of ochre and pink. Girl Before a Mirror Completed: 1932 Where to see it: Museum of Modern Art (New York) If theres a single painting that screams Picasso, this might be the one. Girl Before a Mirror is alive with color, pathos and charming shapes that take cubism to its extremes. Picasso said he preferred this painting to any of the others, according to MOMAs founding director, Alfred H. Barr Jr. Guernica Completed: 1937 Where to see it: Museo Reina Sofia (Madrid) Guernica is Picassos best-known work. Its depiction of an aerial bombing attack on the Basque town of Guernica in April 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, was a visual relude(序曲) to coming violent act of World War II. The muted tones of gray further emphasize the shapes of humans, their arms outstretched in extreme pain. Guernica has become one of the most recognizable anti-war paintings in history. 1、Where can we see The Old Guitarist? A. In Paris. B. In Chicago. C. In New York. D.