小站备考
托福
托福听力
Official27听力真题

OFFICIAL27 According to the professor, what were the results of Goethe’s experiments with color? [Click on 2 answers.]

展开
Tip:单击查看句义;划选/双击查生词

[00:00.00]NARRATOR: Listen to part of a lecture in a studio art class.
[00:04.51]MALE PROFESSOR: OK... As-as you probably know, colors are, speaking, the basic colors from which all other colors can be made. [00:14.02] But as you'll find out when you start working on your painting projects, the three primary colors–red, blue, yellow–don't always make the best secondary colors.
[00:24.00] Combining red and blue, you'll probably never get a fantastic violet. [00:28.33]To get a nice violet, you'll have to add white. [00:31.62] Combining yellow and blue, you'll almost never get a satisfactory green. [00:37.34]You're better off using a pure green pigment....
[00:40.63]The idea of "primary colors"–and specifically the idea of red, yellow, and blue being the primary colors–didn't exist until about 200 years ago. [00:51.23]Until then, the dominant theory about color was one that had been proposed by Isaac Newton.[00:57.32]Newton gave a scientific and objective explanation of colors.
[01:02.20]He used a prism to break white light down into the various colors of the spectrum.[01:07.57]And he theorized, rightly so, that different colors are essentially different wavelengths of light. [01:14.44]But he made no mention of "primary" colors.[01:17.23] That idea came from–or was at least published by–a man named Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.[01:24.76]Goethe was a well-known author;[01:27.56] He wrote many famous novels, plays, poems. [01:30.64]So why did he start thinking about colors?
[01:33.83]Well, Goethe was part of the Romantic Movement in western literature. [01:38.36]And he was a Romantic, through and through, meaning that he explained objects and phenomena in terms of the spiritual, emotional impact they had, as opposed to explaining them in terms of their scientific nature. [01:52.17]He rejected an objective understanding of color, in favor of a more subjective understanding. [01:58.94]He believed that when we see color, it stimulates our emotions.[02:03.77]And different colors appeal to or inspire different emotions in different people.[02:09.40]FEMALE STUDENT: That sounds like psychology.[02:12.39]MALE PROFESSOR: Well, color theory is used in psychology too. [02:16.43]Some psychologists do use their field's version of color theory to diagnose and treat patients. [02:22.85]Um...anyway, Goethe conducted a number of experiments trying to figure out which colors corresponded to which emotions. [02:30.96]And in terms of that goal, he wasn't very successful.
[02:35.02]But his experiments actually did show a lot about the relationships between colors themselves, about how colors change when placed next to other colors, about how they interact with one another. [02:47.85]Scientists studying optics and chromatics today still marvel at his findings...[02:53.43]But Goethe wasn't really able to establish a clear connection between colors and emotions.[02:59.62]Then, in 1806, he received a letter from a relatively unknown German artist, a painter named Philipp Otto Runge.[03:07.84]In the letter, Runge outlined his own color theory, specifically the connections he made between colors and emotions.[03:16.98]And his ideas about what colors symbolize, about the emotions that different colors inspire were based on the colors red, yellow and blue.
[03:27.23]Runge's choice of red, yellow and blue had nothing to do with what we know from modern-day chromatics, it had to do with Runge's complex system of symbolism, his experience of nature, particularly with his experience of the quality of light at various times of the day, morning, noon and night. [03:47.70]So each color had a specific symbolic value.[03:51.69]Well, four years later, Goethe published a book entitled Color Lesson. [03:57.32]In Color Lesson, Goethe COINCIDENTLY cites the same colors as primary colors. [04:04.17]At this point, Goethe was already a well-known author, so he was easily able to popularize this idea of primary colors, and specifically the idea of red, yellow and blue as THE primary colors.[04:18.81]FEMALE STUDENT: But he didn't mention Runge?[04:21.86]MALE PROFESSOR: Well, he did put Runge's letter in the book, at the end. [04:26.69]But he added a disclaimer implying that Runge's letter didn't influence his work.[04:31.63]Apparently, what Goethe was saying was that they just HAPPENED TO come up with the same theory at the same time.

4.According to the professor, what were the results of Goethe’s experiments with color? [Click on 2 answers.]

你的答案:
正确答案:AC
题目解析:
 后才能查看题目解析,还没有账号? 马上注册
But his experiments actually did show a lot about the relationships between colors themselves, about how colors change when placed next to other colors, about how they interact with one another. (C) But Goethe wasn’t really able to establish a clear connection between colors and emotions. (A) 教授用in terms of that goal, he wasn’t very successful指出Goeth并没有能够找出颜色和情感之间的关联;但是试验did show a lot about the relationships between color themselves,这个和C选项呼应。

学习页面

Medi

terr

anean

加强 + 政府 + 名词后缀

加强的政府——管理

原文例句

加入生词

本文生词 0

色块区域是你收藏过的生词;

查询次数越多,颜色越深哦~

显示文中生词

登录后才能收藏生词哦,现在登录注册>

本文重点词 45

文中加粗单词为本文重点词;

根据词频与核心词范围精心挑选,托福考试必掌握词汇。

显示文中重点词
学习本文词汇

文中划选/双击的生词、加粗重点词已收纳至词盒

可随时点击词盒查看哦~

只有在词句精学模式下才能开启词盒功能哦~

我知道了

词盒
收藏
笔记
我的笔记
5000
保存
反馈