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The document discusses the Art Nouveau style from the late 19th to early 20th century. It was characterized by flowing lines, floral motifs, and pale colors. Art Nouveau incorporated elements from Japanese art and ancient cultures. Glass objects in this style were often deliberately distorted with iridescent surfaces resembling ancient buried glass. Notable Art Nouveau artists included Emile Gallé in France and Louis Comfort Tiffany in the United States. By the 1920s, the Functionalism movement emerged and emphasized form following function, which caused Art Nouveau styles to fall out of favor.

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Advanced Reading Comprehension Test03

The document discusses the Art Nouveau style from the late 19th to early 20th century. It was characterized by flowing lines, floral motifs, and pale colors. Art Nouveau incorporated elements from Japanese art and ancient cultures. Glass objects in this style were often deliberately distorted with iridescent surfaces resembling ancient buried glass. Notable Art Nouveau artists included Emile Gallé in France and Louis Comfort Tiffany in the United States. By the 1920s, the Functionalism movement emerged and emphasized form following function, which caused Art Nouveau styles to fall out of favor.

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Advanced Reading Comprehension Test 03

The end of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth century were marked by the
development of an international Art Nouveau style, characterized by sinuous lines, floral and vegetable
motifs, and soft evanescent coloration. The Art Nouveau style was an eclectic one, bringing together
elements of Japanese art, motifs of ancient cultures, and natural forms. The glass objects of this style
were elegant in outline, although often deliberately distorted, with pale or iridescent surfaces. A favored
device of the style was to imitate the iridescent surface seen on ancient glass that had been buried.
Much of the Art Nouveau glass produced during the years of its greatest popularity had been
generically termed “art glass”. Art glass was intended for decorative purposes and relied for its effect
upon carefully chosen color combinations and innovative techniques.
France produced a number of outstanding exponents of the Art Nouveau style: among the most
celebrated was Emile Gallé (1846-1901). In the United States, Louis Comfort Tiffany(1848-1933)was the
most noted exponent of this style, producing a great variety of glass forms and surfaces, which were
widely copied in their time and are highly prized today. Tiffany was a brilliant designer, successfully
combining ancient Egyptian.
The Art Nouveau style was a major force in the decorative arts from 1895 until 1915, although its
influence continued throughout the mid-1920’s. It was eventually to be overtaken by a new school of
thought known as Functionalism that had present since the turn of the century. At first restricted to a
small avant-garde group of architects and designers. Functionalism emerged as the dominant influence
upon designers alter the First World War. The basic tenet of the movement – that function should
determine form – was not a new concept. Soon a distinct aesthetic code evolved: form should be
simple, surfaces plain, and any ornament should be based on geometric relationships. This new design
concept, coupled with the sharp postwar reactions to the style and conventions of the preceding
decades, created an entirely new public taste which caused Art Nouveau types of glass to fall out of
favor. The new taste demanded dramatic effects of contrast stark outline, and complex textural surfaces.

Question 1: What does paragraph 1 mainly discuss?

A) Production techniques for art glass

B) Design elements in the Art Nouveau style

C) The popularity of the Art Nouveau style

D) Color combinations typical of the Art Nouveau style

Question 2: The word “one” refers to

A) century

B) coloration

C) style

D) development

Question 3: Paragraph 1 mentions that Art Nouveau glass was sometimes similar to which aspect of
ancient burial glass?

A) The appearance of the glass

B) The distortion of the glass

C) The size of the glass objects

D) The shapes of the glass objects


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Question 4: What is the main purpose of paragraph 3?

A) To compare different Art Nouveau styles

B) To explain why Art Nouveau glass was so popular in the United States

C) To give examples of famous Art Nouveau artists

D) To show the impact Art Nouveau had on other cultures around the world

Question 5: The word “prized” is closest in meaning to

A) universal

B) valued

C) preserved

D) uncommon

Question 6: The word “overtaken” is closest in meaning to

A) applied

B) expressed

C) inclined

D) surpassed

Question 7: What does the author mean by stating that “function should determine form”?

A) The design of an object

B) The form of an object should not include decorative elements.

C) A useful object should not be attractive.

D) The purpose of an object should influence its form

Question 8: It can be inferred from the passage that one reason. Functionalism became popular was that
it

A) was easily interpreted by the general public

B) reflected a common desire to break from the past

C) clearly distinguish

D) appealed to people who liked complex painted designs

Question 9: Which of the following statements about Functionalism?

A) It started on a small scale and then spread gradually.

B) It was not attractive to architects and designers

C) It was a major force in the decorative arts before the First World War

D) Its design concept avoided geometric shapes.

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Question 10: According to the passage, an object made in the Art Nouveau style would most likely
include

A) a textured surface

B) bright colors

C) modern symbols

D) a flowered design

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Answer Keys

Question Answer Question Answer

1 C 6 D
2 C 7 D
3 A 8 B
4 C 9 A
5 B 10 D

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