托福分類單字 "Art" 藝術 (一)
托福考試中藝術類是非常常出現的一個主題之一，像是常見的18世紀的法式洛可可主義 ( Rococ )、 新古典主義（Neoclassicism）、 浪漫主義(Romanticism)等等，像這類型的內容通常是交雜著音樂或美術、歷史相關的英文單字，說實在平常如果沒有吸收這方面的相關知識，很容易聽不出單字，也很難進一步思考考題可能衍生的方向與內容，因此多方涉獵各種知識是考托福的必備。
1) get/keep sth in perspective 恰當地估計；合理地評價；正確地看待
2) put sth in(to) perspective 客觀地比較；客觀地審查
3) illustrations (N.) 插圖；圖解 ；實例
4) Schools of Painting 畫派
5) dull (Adj./ V.) 枯燥的：乏味的：無趣的： 模糊的；暗淡的： 不聰明的： 緩解；減輕
6) easel (N.) （尤指畫家作畫用的）畫架
7) decorative painting 彩繪.
8) caricature (N./ V.) 漫畫（藝術）；諷刺畫；諷刺描述： 畫漫畫
9) cartoon (N.) （尤指報刊中與政治有關的）漫畫，諷刺畫： （尤指正式繪畫之前的）草圖 ：動畫片
10) fresco (N.) 濕壁畫（技法）
11) genuine (Adj.) 真正的；非僞造的；名副其實的 真誠的；誠實的
12) subject (N./ V.) 主題，話題；問題；題目 學科；科目；專業 ：主語 ：使臣服
13) picture-story book 連環畫
14) gay (Adj./ N.) 歡快的 鮮艶的；吸引人的 ；品質差的；愚蠢的；沒有意義的；不合適的； （尤指男性）同性戀者(的)
15) pattern (N.) 形式；模式；圖案；典範；榜樣； 圖樣 ；樣品
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The pottery of ancient Romans is remarkable in several ways. The high quality of Roman pottery is very easy to appreciate when handling actual pieces of tableware or indeed kitchenware and amphorae (the large jars used through the Mediterranean for the transport and storage of liquids, such as wine and oil). However, it is impossible to do justice to Roman wares on the page, even when words can be backed up by photographs and drawing. Most Roman pottery is light and smooth to touch and very tough, although, like all pottery, it shatters if dropped on a hard surface, It is generally made with carefully selected and purified clay, worked to thin-walled and standardized shapes on a fast wheel and fired in a kiln (pottery oven) capable of ensuring a consistent finish. With handmade pottery, inevitably there are slight differences between individual vessels of the same design and occasional minor blemishes (flaws). But what strikes the eye and the touch most immediately and most powerfully with Roman pottery is its consistent high quality.
This is mot just an aesthetic consideration but also a practical one. These vessels are solid (brittle, but mot fragile), they are pleasant and easy to handle (being light and smooth), and, with their hard and sometimes glossy (smooth and shiny) surfaces, they hold liquids well and are easy to wash. Furthermore, their regular and standardized shapes would have made them simple to stack and store. When people today are shown a very ordinary Roman pot and, in particular, are allowed to handle it, they often comment on how much modern it looks and feels, and they need to be convinced of its true age.
