问答题 Translate the following passage into Chinese. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.(20 points) Although art historians have spent decades demystifying Van Gogh"s legend, they have done little to diminish his vast popularity. Auction prices still soar, visitors overpopulate Van Gogh exhibitions, and The Starry Night remains * ubiquitous on dormitory and kitchen walls. So complete is Van Gogh"s global * apotheosis that Japanese tourists now make pilgrimages to Auvers to sprinkle their relatives" ashes on his grave. What accounts for the endless appeal of the Van Gogh myth? It has at least two deep and powerful sources. At the most primitive level, it provides a satisfying and nearly universal revenge fantasy disguised as the story of heroic sacrifice to art. Anyone who has ever felt isolated and unappreciated can identify with Van Gogh and hope not only for a spectacular redemption but also to put critics and doubting relatives to shame. At the same time, the myth offers an alluringly simplistic conception of great art as the product, not of particular historical circumstances and the artists" painstaking calculations, but of the naive and spontaneous outpourings of a mad, holy fool. * ubiquitous;existing or found everywhere * apotheosis; the raising of a person to the highest possible honour and glory
【正确答案】正确答案: 尽管几十年来艺术史学家一直在解密梵高的传奇,但是梵高受欢迎的程度却未曾因此而减少。梵高画作的拍卖价格依然不断飙升,梵高画作展的参观者依然爆满,《星夜》在宿舍和厨房墙壁上随处可见。世界各地上演着梵高的神话,甚至日本游客现在都到奥维尔(梵高的故乡)朝拜,将亲属的骨灰撒在梵高墓上。为什么梵高的神话历久不衰?这里至少有两个深刻且有说服力的缘由。从表面来看,梵高的神话是一个为艺术献身的故事,但事实上它是一个复仇的幻想,几乎每个人都有这种幻想,每个人都能从梵高的神话中得到满足。任何人,若曾经感到被人冷落,无人欣赏,都能与梵高产生共鸣,进而希望能像梵高一样有朝一日得到救赎,为人肯定,让曾经批评过他的人、怀疑过他的亲属无地自容。同时,梵高的神话以一种简单且诱人的方式阐释了伟大艺术作品是如何产生的,那些作品不是特殊历史环境的产物,也不是艺术家精心雕琢的结果,而是一位有些癫狂的、有些神圣的愚者自然流露的产物,纯真的产物。
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