Emerging in the late Sixties and reaching a peak in the Seventies, Land Art was one of a range of new forms, including Body Art, Performance Art, Action Art and Installation Art, which pushed art beyond the traditional confines of the studio and gallery. Rather than portraying landscape, land artists used the physical substance of the land itself as their medium.

The British land art, typified by Richard Long’s piece, was not only more domestically scaled, but a lot quirkier than its American counterpart. Indeed, while you might assume that an exhibition of Land Art would consist only of records of works rather than the works themselves, Long’s photograph of his work is the work. Since his “action” is in the past the photograph is its sole embodiment.

    That might seem rather an obscure point, but it sets the tone for an exhibition that contains a lot of black-and-white photographs and relatively few natural objects.

    Long is Britain’s best-known Land Artist and his Stone Circle, a perfect ring of purplish rocks from Portishead beach laid out on the gallery floor, represents the elegant, rarefied side of the form. The Boyle Family, on the other hand, stand for its dirty, urban aspect. Comprising artists Mark Boyle and Joan Hills and their children, they recreated random sections of the British landscape on gallery walls. Their Olaf Street Study, a square of brick-strewn waste ground, is one of the few works here to embrace the mundanity that characterizes most of our experience of the landscape most of the time.

    Parks feature, particularly in the earlier works, such as John Hilliard’s very funny Across the Park, in which a long-haired stroller is variously smiled at by a pretty girl and unwittingly assaulted in a sequence of images that turn out to be different parts of the same photograph.

    Generally however British land artists preferred to get away from towns, gravitating towards landscapes that are traditionally considered beautiful such as the Lake District or the Wiltshire Downs. While it probably wasn’t apparent at the time, much of this work is permeated by a spirit of romantic escapism that the likes of Wordsworth would have readily understood. Derek Jarman’s yellow-tinted film Towards Avebury, a collection of long, mostly still shots of the Wiltshire landscape, evokes a tradition of English landscape painting stretching from Samuel Palmer to Paul Nash.

    In the case of Hamish Fulton, you can’t help feeling that the Scottish artist has simply found a way of making his love of walking pay. A typical work, such as Seven Days, consists of a single beautiful black-and-white photograph taken on an epic walk, with the mileage and number of days taken listed beneath. British Land Art as shown in this well selected, but relatively modestly scaled exhibition wasn’t about imposing on the landscape, more a kind of landscape-orientated light conceptual art created passing through. It had its origins in the great outdoors, but the results were as gallery-bound as the paintings of Turner and Constable.

【A】originates from a long walk that the artist took.

【B】illustrates a kind of landscape-orientated light conceptual art.

【C】reminds people of the English landscape painting tradition.

【D】represents the elegance of the British land art.

【E】depicts the ordinary side of the British land art.

【F】embodies a romantic escape into the Scottish outdoors.

【G】contains images from different parts of the same photograph.

选项分析

[A] originates from a long walk that the artist took.

源于艺术家进行的一次长途徒步。

[B] illustrates a kind of landscape-orientated light conceptual art.

表达了一种以风景为中心的光概念艺术。

[C] reminds people of the English landscape painting tradition.

让人们想起了英格兰风景画的传统。

[D] represents the elegance of the British land art.

代表英国大地艺术的优雅。

[E] depicts the ordinary side of the British land art.

展现了英国大地艺术寻常的一面。

[F] embodies a romantic escape into the Scottish outdoors.

体现了向苏格兰户外生活的浪漫逃离。

[G] contains images from different parts of the same photograph.

包含了同一张照片的不同部分。

试题解析

答案精析：Stone Circle位于文章第四段，原文第一句指出这幅作品represents the elegant, rarefied side of the form（代表这种作品的优雅和精妙的一面），其中this form指代land art，组合起来就是这幅作品代表了elegance of British land art，与D项含义相同，所以本题选D。

答案精析：Olaf Street Study位于文章第四段第四句，这幅作品的作者是Mark Boyle等人，特点为one of the few works here to embrace the mundanity（是少数采用世俗风格的作品之一），后面的定语从句指出该作品描绘出我们看待景物时大部分情况的体验，即寻常的眼光去看待寻常的事物，与E项的关键词ordinary side对应，所以选E。

答案精析：Across the Park出现在原文第五段，其作者是John Hilliard，本段最后指出，这幅画的内容turn out to be different parts of the same photograph（原来是一张照片的不同部分），与G项表述完全一致，所以G正确。

答案精析：Towards Avebury出现在第六段第三句，作者为Derek Jarman，这部电影的内容evokes a tradition of English landscape painting stretching...（唤醒了人们对传统英格兰风景画的传统），evokes与C项的reminds在语义上含义一致，因此C项正确。

答案精析：Seven Days出现在第七段第二句，作者为Hamish Fulton，定位句指出，本作品单独由一张美丽的黑白照片组成，这张照片在一次史诗般的徒步旅行中拍摄，在作品下方标注了里程和花费的时间。原文表述与A项一致，即作者创作的这幅作品来源于一次徒步旅行，所以选A。

选项分析

[A] originates from a long walk that the artist took.

源于艺术家进行的一次长途徒步。

[B] illustrates a kind of landscape-orientated light conceptual art.

表达了一种以风景为中心的光概念艺术。

[C] reminds people of the English landscape painting tradition.

让人们想起了英格兰风景画的传统。

[D] represents the elegance of the British land art.

代表英国大地艺术的优雅。

[E] depicts the ordinary side of the British land art.

展现了英国大地艺术寻常的一面。

[F] embodies a romantic escape into the Scottish outdoors.

体现了向苏格兰户外生活的浪漫逃离。

[G] contains images from different parts of the same photograph.

包含了同一张照片的不同部分。

试题解析

答案精析：Stone Circle位于文章第四段，原文第一句指出这幅作品represents the elegant, rarefied side of the form（代表这种作品的优雅和精妙的一面），其中this form指代land art，组合起来就是这幅作品代表了elegance of British land art，与D项含义相同，所以本题选D。

答案精析：Olaf Street Study位于文章第四段第四句，这幅作品的作者是Mark Boyle等人，特点为one of the few works here to embrace the mundanity（是少数采用世俗风格的作品之一），后面的定语从句指出该作品描绘出我们看待景物时大部分情况的体验，即寻常的眼光去看待寻常的事物，与E项的关键词ordinary side对应，所以选E。

答案精析：Across the Park出现在原文第五段，其作者是John Hilliard，本段最后指出，这幅画的内容turn out to be different parts of the same photograph（原来是一张照片的不同部分），与G项表述完全一致，所以G正确。

答案精析：Towards Avebury出现在第六段第三句，作者为Derek Jarman，这部电影的内容evokes a tradition of English landscape painting stretching...（唤醒了人们对传统英格兰风景画的传统），evokes与C项的reminds在语义上含义一致，因此C项正确。

答案精析：Seven Days出现在第七段第二句，作者为Hamish Fulton，定位句指出，本作品单独由一张美丽的黑白照片组成，这张照片在一次史诗般的徒步旅行中拍摄，在作品下方标注了里程和花费的时间。原文表述与A项一致，即作者创作的这幅作品来源于一次徒步旅行，所以选A。

选项分析

[A] originates from a long walk that the artist took.

源于艺术家进行的一次长途徒步。

[B] illustrates a kind of landscape-orientated light conceptual art.

表达了一种以风景为中心的光概念艺术。

[C] reminds people of the English landscape painting tradition.

让人们想起了英格兰风景画的传统。

[D] represents the elegance of the British land art.

代表英国大地艺术的优雅。

[E] depicts the ordinary side of the British land art.

展现了英国大地艺术寻常的一面。

[F] embodies a romantic escape into the Scottish outdoors.

体现了向苏格兰户外生活的浪漫逃离。

[G] contains images from different parts of the same photograph.

包含了同一张照片的不同部分。

试题解析

答案精析：Stone Circle位于文章第四段，原文第一句指出这幅作品represents the elegant, rarefied side of the form（代表这种作品的优雅和精妙的一面），其中this form指代land art，组合起来就是这幅作品代表了elegance of British land art，与D项含义相同，所以本题选D。

答案精析：Olaf Street Study位于文章第四段第四句，这幅作品的作者是Mark Boyle等人，特点为one of the few works here to embrace the mundanity（是少数采用世俗风格的作品之一），后面的定语从句指出该作品描绘出我们看待景物时大部分情况的体验，即寻常的眼光去看待寻常的事物，与E项的关键词ordinary side对应，所以选E。

答案精析：Across the Park出现在原文第五段，其作者是John Hilliard，本段最后指出，这幅画的内容turn out to be different parts of the same photograph（原来是一张照片的不同部分），与G项表述完全一致，所以G正确。

答案精析：Towards Avebury出现在第六段第三句，作者为Derek Jarman，这部电影的内容evokes a tradition of English landscape painting stretching...（唤醒了人们对传统英格兰风景画的传统），evokes与C项的reminds在语义上含义一致，因此C项正确。

答案精析：Seven Days出现在第七段第二句，作者为Hamish Fulton，定位句指出，本作品单独由一张美丽的黑白照片组成，这张照片在一次史诗般的徒步旅行中拍摄，在作品下方标注了里程和花费的时间。原文表述与A项一致，即作者创作的这幅作品来源于一次徒步旅行，所以选A。

选项分析

[A] originates from a long walk that the artist took.

源于艺术家进行的一次长途徒步。

[B] illustrates a kind of landscape-orientated light conceptual art.

表达了一种以风景为中心的光概念艺术。

[C] reminds people of the English landscape painting tradition.

让人们想起了英格兰风景画的传统。

[D] represents the elegance of the British land art.

代表英国大地艺术的优雅。

[E] depicts the ordinary side of the British land art.

展现了英国大地艺术寻常的一面。

[F] embodies a romantic escape into the Scottish outdoors.

体现了向苏格兰户外生活的浪漫逃离。

[G] contains images from different parts of the same photograph.

包含了同一张照片的不同部分。

试题解析

答案精析：Stone Circle位于文章第四段，原文第一句指出这幅作品represents the elegant, rarefied side of the form（代表这种作品的优雅和精妙的一面），其中this form指代land art，组合起来就是这幅作品代表了elegance of British land art，与D项含义相同，所以本题选D。

答案精析：Olaf Street Study位于文章第四段第四句，这幅作品的作者是Mark Boyle等人，特点为one of the few works here to embrace the mundanity（是少数采用世俗风格的作品之一），后面的定语从句指出该作品描绘出我们看待景物时大部分情况的体验，即寻常的眼光去看待寻常的事物，与E项的关键词ordinary side对应，所以选E。

答案精析：Across the Park出现在原文第五段，其作者是John Hilliard，本段最后指出，这幅画的内容turn out to be different parts of the same photograph（原来是一张照片的不同部分），与G项表述完全一致，所以G正确。

答案精析：Towards Avebury出现在第六段第三句，作者为Derek Jarman，这部电影的内容evokes a tradition of English landscape painting stretching...（唤醒了人们对传统英格兰风景画的传统），evokes与C项的reminds在语义上含义一致，因此C项正确。

答案精析：Seven Days出现在第七段第二句，作者为Hamish Fulton，定位句指出，本作品单独由一张美丽的黑白照片组成，这张照片在一次史诗般的徒步旅行中拍摄，在作品下方标注了里程和花费的时间。原文表述与A项一致，即作者创作的这幅作品来源于一次徒步旅行，所以选A。

选项分析

[A] originates from a long walk that the artist took.

源于艺术家进行的一次长途徒步。

[B] illustrates a kind of landscape-orientated light conceptual art.

表达了一种以风景为中心的光概念艺术。

[C] reminds people of the English landscape painting tradition.

让人们想起了英格兰风景画的传统。

[D] represents the elegance of the British land art.

代表英国大地艺术的优雅。

[E] depicts the ordinary side of the British land art.

展现了英国大地艺术寻常的一面。

[F] embodies a romantic escape into the Scottish outdoors.

体现了向苏格兰户外生活的浪漫逃离。

[G] contains images from different parts of the same photograph.

包含了同一张照片的不同部分。

试题解析

答案精析：Stone Circle位于文章第四段，原文第一句指出这幅作品represents the elegant, rarefied side of the form（代表这种作品的优雅和精妙的一面），其中this form指代land art，组合起来就是这幅作品代表了elegance of British land art，与D项含义相同，所以本题选D。

答案精析：Olaf Street Study位于文章第四段第四句，这幅作品的作者是Mark Boyle等人，特点为one of the few works here to embrace the mundanity（是少数采用世俗风格的作品之一），后面的定语从句指出该作品描绘出我们看待景物时大部分情况的体验，即寻常的眼光去看待寻常的事物，与E项的关键词ordinary side对应，所以选E。

答案精析：Across the Park出现在原文第五段，其作者是John Hilliard，本段最后指出，这幅画的内容turn out to be different parts of the same photograph（原来是一张照片的不同部分），与G项表述完全一致，所以G正确。

答案精析：Towards Avebury出现在第六段第三句，作者为Derek Jarman，这部电影的内容evokes a tradition of English landscape painting stretching...（唤醒了人们对传统英格兰风景画的传统），evokes与C项的reminds在语义上含义一致，因此C项正确。

答案精析：Seven Days出现在第七段第二句，作者为Hamish Fulton，定位句指出，本作品单独由一张美丽的黑白照片组成，这张照片在一次史诗般的徒步旅行中拍摄，在作品下方标注了里程和花费的时间。原文表述与A项一致，即作者创作的这幅作品来源于一次徒步旅行，所以选A。