That Louise Johannes is believed by many critics to be the greatest twentieth-century sculptor is all the more remark- able because the greatest resistance to women artists has been, until recently, in the field of sculpture. Since Neolithic times, sculpture has been considered the prerogative of men, partly, perhaps, for purely physical reasons it was erroneously assumed that women were not suited for the hard manual labor required in sculpting stone, carving wood, or working in metal. It has been only during the twentieth century that women sculptors have been recognized as major artists, and it has been in the United States, especially since the decades of the fifties and sixties, that women sculptors have shown the greatest originality and creative power. Their rise to prominence parallels the development of sculpture itself in the United States: while there had been a few talented sculptors in the United States before the 1940’s,it was only after 1945 --when New York was rapidly becoming the art capital of the world --that major sculpture was produced in the United States. Some of the best was the work of women.
By far the most outstanding of these women is Louise Johannes, who in the eyes of many critics is the most original female artist alive today. One famous and influential critic Hilton Kramer, said of her work, "For myself, I think Ms Johannes succeeds where the painters often fail."
Her works have been compared to the Cubist constructions of Picasso, the Surrealistic objects of Miro and the Merzbau of Schwitters. Johannes would be the first to admit that she has been influenced by all of these, as well as by African sculpture, and by Native American and pre-Columbian art, but she has absorbed all these influences and still created a distinctive art that expresses the urban landscape and the aesthetic sensibility of the twentieth century. Johannes says, "I have always wanted to show the world that art is everywhere, except that it has to pass through a creative mind."
Using mostly discarded wooden objects like packing crates, broken pieces of furniture, and abandoned architectural ornaments, all of which she has hoarded for years, she assembles architectural constructions, of great beauty and power. Creating very freely with no sketches, she glues and nails objects together, paints them black, or more rarely white or gold, and places them in boxes. These assemblages, walls, even entire environments create a mysterious, almost awe-inspiring atmosphere. Although she has denied any symbolic or religious intent in her works, their three-dimensional grandeur and even their rifles, such as Sky Cathedral and Night Cathedral, suggest such connotation. In some ways, her most ambitious works are closer to architecture than to traditional sculpture, but then neither Louise Johannes nor her art fits into any neat category.
The writer of this passage disputes the contention that______.
A. it is possible to judge right from wrong
B. the taste of the apple was reason enough to judge it evil
C. virtue lies in following the ethically and morally right path
D. the intelligent are usually more virtuous
有害气体净化方法大致分为洗涤法、吸附法、袋滤法、静电法、燃烧法和高空排放法。下列关于确定净化方案的原则不正确的是()。
A. 有害物质的成分、含量和毒性等理化指标只有在设计完成后才能确定,设计前无法确定
B. 确定有害物质的净化目标和综合利用方向,应符合卫生标准和环境保护标准的规定
C. 净化设备的工艺特性,必须与有害介质的特性相一致
D. 落实防火、防爆的特殊要求
听力原文: Prison service staff in Britain have been severely criticized in an official report for the escape of five IRA prisoners and an armed robber from White mall Prison, Cambridge shire. Bomb-making equipment was subsequently discovered at the jail. The government has announced a major review of prison security throughout England and Wales. A new task force will be set up under the Home Office and a detailed list of recommendations is expected to be issued at the end of the year.
The number of the escaped prisoners is ______.
A. 6.
B. 5.
C. 1.
D. 7.