Moderntechnologyandsciencehaveproducedawealthofnewmaterialsandnewwaysofusingoldmaterials.Fortheartistthismeanswideropportunities.Thereisnodoubtthatthelimitationsofmaterialsandnatureoftoolsbothrestrictandshapeaman’swork.Observehowthedevelopmentofplasticsandlightmetalsalongwithnewmethodsofweldinghaschangedthedirectionofsculpture.Transparentplasticmaterialsallowonetolookthroughanobject,toseeitsvarioussidessuperimposedoneachother(asinCubismorinanX-ray).Today,weldingisasprevalentascastingwasinthepast.Thisnewmethodencouragesopendesigns,wheresurroundingandinterveningspacebecomesasimportantasformitself. Moreambiguousthanotherscientificinventionsfamiliartomodernartists,butnolessinfluential,arethepsychoanalyticstudiesofFreudandhisfollowers,discoveriesthathaveinfiltratedrecentart,especiallySurrealism.TheSurrealists,intheirstruggletoescapethemonotonyandfrustrationsofeverydaylife,claimedthatdreamsweretheonlyhope.Turningtotheirrationalworldoftheirunconscious,theybanishedalltimebarriersandmoraljudgementstocombinedisconnecteddreamexperiencesfromthepast,presentandinterveningpsychologicalstates.TheSurrealistswereconcernedwithoverlappingemotionsmorethanwithoverlappingforms.Theirpaintingsoftenbecomesegmentedcapsulesofassociativeexperiences.Forthem,obsessiveandoftenunrelatedimagesreplacedthedirectemotionalmessageofexpressionism.Theydidnotneedtosmashpaintandcanvas:theywentbeyondthistosmashthewholecontinuityoflogicalthought. Thereislittledoubtthatcontemporaryarthastakenmuchfromcontemporarylife.Inaperiodwhensciencehasmaderevolutionarystrides,artistsintheirstudioshavenotbeenunawareofscientistsintheirlaboratories.Butthishasrarelybeenaone-waystreet.Paintersandsculptors,throughadmittedlyinfluencedbymodernscience,havealsomoldedandchangedourworld.Ifbreak-uphasbeenavitalpartoftheirexpression,ithasnotalwaysbeenasymbolofdestruction.Quitethecontrary:ithasbeenusedtoexaminemorefully,topenetratemoredeeply,toanalyzemorethoroughly,toenlarge,isolateandmakemorefamiliarcertainaspectsoflirethatearlierwewereapttoneglect.Inaddition,itsometimesprovidesrichmultipleexperiencessoorganizedasnotmerelytoreflectourworld,butinfacttointerpretit. Accordingtothepassage,itistruethat_____.
A.artistic creations seem to be the reproductions of modern technology B.artistic creations have made great strides scientifically C.artistic creations appear to be incapable of ignoring material advances D.artistic creations are the reflection of the material world正确答案C
