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34. A MODERN ITALIAN ARTIST
Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) was an Italian painter and
sculptor whose (0) o rig in a l paintings, which were characterised ORIGIN
by asymmetry of composition, (1 )______ of figure, and simple LONG
but (2 )______ use of line, are among the most important of M ONUM ENT
the 20th century. They have also gained (3 )______for the PO PULAR
entirely personal atmosphere with which they are invested:
a kind of mute (4 )______ between the artist and sitter that RELATION
implicates the spectator in a truly (5 )______way. REMARK
After suffering from serious illnesses as a child, he was
forced to give up (6 )______ education, and it was then that CONVENTION
he began to study painting. After his studies in Italy,
Modigliani left for Paris. There, he was overwhelmed hy
the painting of Paul Cezanne, which exerted an (7 )______ QUESTION
inAuence on the earliest phase of his work. Purthermore,
his (8 )______ study of Aírican sculpture made a prolound EXTEND
impression on his painting style. Modigliani was not a
professional portraitist in the strict sense of the word. His
paintings are almost always portraits of relatives, (9 )_____ of PER SO N
the Parisian literary scene of his times and the contemporary
artistic world, along with many portraits of (10)______ persons. IDENTIEY
35. THE PRESENTATIO N OF HISTORY

When dealing with (0) sen sitiv e issues such as the SEN SE
atrocities of war and man’s (1 )______to man, interpreters HUMAN
of history may try in vain to gi ve an even-handed (2 )______ TREAT
of the subject. This creates the danger of “softening” the
image to make it a little less (3 )______, a little less HORROR
(4 )______and a little more acceptable to the general SHAME
audience. This is an injustice to history, with too much
emphasis put on the bland and not enough on the harsh
reality of the past. Interpreting our heritage is not a soft
option where all that is required is a nice, (5 )______view SENTIM ENT
of the past. It requires a full working (6 )______of the PERCEIVE
issues and the evidence, together with a (7 )__ to be WILL
open about the strengths and weaknesses of our ability to
interpret in a way that (8 )______ understanding. If DEEP
(9 )______is required to do that, then it should not be PROVOKE
avoided for fear of presenting something (10)______ . AGREE

36. PRECIO US METAL
Gold has several qualities that have made it a commodity of
(0) ex cep tio n a l value throughout history. It is attractive in EXCEPTION

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