Though artist Chuck Close has devoted his life to portraiture, his paintings rarely comport with that genre's traditional purpose. His early photorealist images, which are created by overlaying a grid on a photograph and painstakingly copying the image cell by cell, are, to the naked eye. nearly undifferentiable from photographs. Furthermore. Close's emphasis is on the disembodied head itself, expressionless and devoid of any overt personality. He has never acceded to commissions, relying on both his own image and his friends as models. In 1988. a collapsed spinal artery caused almost total paralysis, but Close has continued to work. His freer paintings evince a natural extension of an augmented interest in the minute grid over the total work that predated his illness. This nonprivileging of any particular part of the canvas finds its inspiration, oddly enough, in abstract expressionism, despite the apparent inconso-nance of the two techniques.
What is the author`s intent when discussing Close`s focus on the head of his subjects?
• The author compares the artistic impact of photographs of heads to that of abstract photographs of the same head.
• The author ruminates on wThat early experiences led to Close`s focus on the head as a unifying theme in his work.
• The author expounds upon how, by not accepting commissions. Close`s wTork has remained free of commercial influences.
• The author deconstructs the impact that Close`s illness had on the content of his paintings.
• The author believes that Close`s approach of depicting the head but none of the personality of the subject is rare.
Though artist Chuck Close has devoted his life to portraiture, his paintings rarely comport with that genre's traditional purpose.
portraiture 肖像画法，人像艺术
comport v.表现n.举动，行为
comport with 与……一致
genre 体裁
虽然艺术家恰克·克洛斯毕生致力于肖像画，但是他的画却几乎不符合这一体裁的传统目的。
His early photorealist images, which are created by overlaying a grid on a photograph and painstakingly copying the image cell by cell, are, to the naked eye. nearly undifferentiable from photographs.
photorealist写实的
overlay v.覆盖
grid n网格纸
painstakingly 刻苦地，十分小心的，煞费苦心的
cell by cell 一格一格（cell一小格）
naked 裸的
他早期的摄影写实画用裸眼几乎不能和照片区分，这种画是通过蒙一张格子纸在照片上然后十分小心地一格一格地复制照片上的图像。
Furthermore. Close's emphasis is on the disembodied head itself, expressionless and devoid of any overt personality. He has never acceded to commissions, relying on both his own image and his friends as models.
disembodied 似脱离人而存在的，无实体的
expressionless 无表情的
devoid 毫无……的
overt 公开的，明显的，不隐藏的
accede to (正式)加入，答应，君主即位
commission (接受报酬的)任务，委托之事
而且，克洛斯强调的是没有脱离肉体的，没有表情，没有任何明显的个人特征的头部的本身。他从没接受过有报酬的画画，一直靠他自己的画和他的朋友兼模特生活。
In 1988. a collapsed spinal artery caused almost total paralysis, but Close has continued to work. His freer paintings evince a natural extension of an augmented interest in the minute grid over the total work that predated his illness.
collapse v倒塌，崩溃
spinal 脊柱的
artery 动脉，主干路，要道
paralysis n瘫痪，麻痹（复数paralyses）
freer 更加自由的
evince v(经常间接地)表明，显示
augment n争吵，质疑
minute n分钟adj十分微小的，非常细小的
predate v早于，先于
over 部分或全部覆盖在…上
1988年，脊髓动脉的崩溃导致他几乎全身瘫痪，但是克洛斯仍然继续在创作。他更自由的绘画作品间接表明了：他，对于覆盖在他生病前全部作品上的细微网格的，受到争议的，兴趣，自然而然地增加了。
This nonprivileging of any particular part of the canvas finds its inspiration, oddly enough, in abstract expressionism, despite the apparent inconsonance of the two techniques.
nonprivileging 非特权的，不被特殊对待的
canvas 油画布，帆布
expreddionism 表现派
despite v.不管
inconsonance 不调和，不协和
inspiration 原型，灵感
非常奇怪的是，这种油画布上的任何部分都不被特殊对待的画画方法在抽象主义中找到了原型，而这两种技术显然是不一致的。
What is the author`s intent when discussing Close`s focus on the head of his subjects?
A：The author compares the artistic impact of photographs of heads to that of abstract photographs of the same head.
B：The author ruminates() on what early experiences led to Close`s focus on the head as a unifying() theme in his work.
C：The author expounds upon() how, by not accepting commissions. Close`s work has remained free of commercial influences.
D：The author deconstructs() the impact that Close`s illness had on the content of his paintings.
E：The author believes that Close`s approach of depicting() the head but none of the personality of the subject is rare.
答案是E，我选的B
问题问的是作者写主人公专注于头是为了表现什么。
选B是因为后文将主人公的画和抽象主义比较，说主人公的画的灵感来自抽象主义。
选项里说的是，作者反复考虑前人经验对主人公的画的主题的影响。
作者写主人公专注于头不是为了表现作者反复考虑，而且也不是考虑出来的，是本身就已经知道的。
而根据取反，作者写主人公专注于头的这句前有个furthermore，所以这句是为了说明furthermore前面的内容，而前面说了rarely component with traditional purpose ，所以是rare，对应traditional。
