1Emerging in the late Sixties and reaching a peak in the Seventies, Land Art was one of a range of new forms, including Body Art, Performance Art, Action Art and Installation Art, which pushed art beyond the traditional confines of the studio and gallery.
主干主语:Land Art;谓语:was;表语:one of a range of new forms
结构句首两个并列现在分词短语作时间状语,修饰整个主句。including...Art 为插入的现在分词短语,补充说明 new forms。which 引导非限制性定语从句,修饰前面整个 new forms 系列,说明这些艺术形式的共同作用。
译文大地艺术兴起于六十年代末,在七十年代达到顶峰,它是当时一系列新艺术形式中的一种,这些形式还包括身体艺术、行为艺术、行动艺术和装置艺术,它们把艺术推出了工作室和画廊的传统界限。
考点句首现在分词短语作状语,逻辑主语即主句主语 · which 非限制性定语从句可修饰前面整个名词短语
2Indeed, while you might assume that an exhibition of Land Art would consist only of records of works rather than the works themselves, Long’s photograph of his work is the work.
主干主语:Long’s photograph of his work;谓语:is;表语:the work
结构Indeed 为评注性状语。while 引导让步状语从句,其中 that 引导宾语从句作 assume 的宾语;rather than 连接并列成分。主句为简单系表结构,强调照片即作品本身。
译文的确,你或许会以为大地艺术展只会展出作品的记录而非作品本身,可朗的作品照片就是那件作品。
考点while 引导让步状语从句,不必译成“当…时” · rather than 连接名词短语,表示“而不是”
3Parks feature, particularly in the earlier works, such as John Hilliard’s very funny Across the Park, in which a long-haired stroller is variously smiled at by a pretty girl and unwittingly assaulted in a sequence of images that turn out to be different parts of the same photograph.
主干主语:Parks;谓语:feature
结构particularly...works 为插入状语。such as 引出同位语 Across the Park。in which 引导非限制性定语从句修饰该作品;从句中 and 连接两个被动谓语。that 引导定语从句修饰 images,说明这些图像其实是同一张照片的不同部分。
译文公园常常出现,尤其是在早期作品中,比如约翰·希利亚德那件非常滑稽的《穿过公园》:一连串画面里,一位长发漫步者时而被漂亮女孩微笑相迎,时而又莫名其妙地遭到袭击,而这些画面原来都是同一张照片的不同局部。
考点in which 定语从句中含并列被动结构 · that 定语从句后置,修饰 images
4While it probably wasn’t apparent at the time, much of this work is permeated by a spirit of romantic escapism that the likes of Wordsworth would have readily understood.
主干主语:much of this work;谓语:is permeated;介词短语:by a spirit of romantic escapism
结构While 引导让步状语从句,it 为形式主语。主句为被动语态。that 引导定语从句修饰 spirit,从句中 would have understood 为虚拟语气,表示与过去事实相反的推测。
译文虽然当时人们未必察觉,但这些作品中许多都浸透着一种浪漫的逃逸精神,华兹华斯之流对此会心领神会。
考点while 让步从句可置于句首 · the likes of 表示“像…这样的人”
5British Land Art as shown in this well selected, but relatively modestly scaled exhibition wasn’t about imposing on the landscape, more a kind of landscape-orientated light conceptual art created passing through.
主干主语:British Land Art;谓语:wasn’t;表语:about imposing on the landscape
结构as shown...exhibition 为过去分词短语作后置定语,修饰 British Land Art,其中 but 连接两个并列形容词。后半句 more a kind of... 为省略结构,相当于 it was more...。created passing through 为过去分词短语作后置定语,passing through 为现在分词作方式状语。
译文这次精选而规模相对不大的展览所呈现的英国大地艺术,并非要强加于风景之上,而更像是一种在路过时创造出来的、以风景为导向的轻概念艺术。
考点as shown 过去分词短语作定语 · more 后省略 it was,构成对比结构