1
Module
4
Fine
Arts
鈥?/p>
Western
Chinese
and
Pop
Arts
璇炬椂浣滀笟锛堝崄锛?/p>
寤鸿鏃堕棿
/30
鍒嗛挓
鈪?闃呰鐞嗚В
A
璇嶆暟
:318
璇濋
:
鍙や唬鍦扮敾
鏂囦綋
:
璇存槑鏂?/p>
TheNazcaLinesareaseriesoflargeancientgeoglyphs(
鍦?
鐢?/p>
)intheNazcaDesert,insouthernPeru.Itisrangingfromgeometricpatternstodrawingsof
differentanimalsandstylizedhuman-likeforms.Theancientlinescanonlybetrulytakenin
fromhighintheair,leavinggenerationspuzzledastohowthesepreciseworkscouldhavebeen
completedlongbeforethedocumentedinventionofhumanflight.
ThelineswerefirstspottedwhencommercialairlinesbeganflyingacrossthePeruvianD
esertinthe1920s.Whobuiltthemandwhatwastheirpurpose?Aretheyroads,starpointers,ma
ybeevenagiganticmap?Ifthepeoplewholivedhere2,000yearsagohadonlyasimpletechnolog
y,howdidtheymanagetoconstructsuchprecisefigures?Didtheyhaveaplan?Thesemarkingsa
relikeavastpuzzle.
TheNazcaLinesarethemostoutstandinggroupofgeoglyphsintheworld.Therearealsohu
gegeoglyphsinEgypt,Malta,UnitedStates(MississippiandCalifornia),Chile,Boliviaan
dinothercountries.ButtheNazcageoglyphs,becauseoftheirnumbers,characteristics,di
mensionsandculturalcontinuityastheyweremadeandremadethroughoutacertainhistorype
riod,formthemostimpressivearcheological(
鑰冨彜瀛︾殑
)group.
TheNazcaplainisuniqueforitsabilitytopreservethemarkingsuponit,duetothecombi
nationoftheclimate(oneofthedriestonEarth,withonlytwentyminutesofrainfallperyear
)andtheflat,stonygroundwhichminimizestheeffectofthewindatgroundlevel.Withnodust
orsandtocovertheplainandlittlerainorwindtoerode(
鑵?
铓�
)it,linesdrawnheretendtostaydrawn.Thesefactors,combinedwiththeexistenceofligh
ter-colouredsubsoilbeneaththedesertsurface,provideavastwritingpadthatissuitedto
theartistwhowantstoleavehismarketernal.
1.WhatcanweknowabouttheNazcaLinesfromthefirsttwoparagraphs?
A.Theywerebuiltasabigmap.