44 What can be inferred from the passage?
(A)Hokusai was afraid of getting old.
(B)Hokusai never stopped seeking perfection.
(C)Hokusai was proud of his own achievement.
(D)Hokusai believed that water is the source of all life.
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統計: A(34), B(987), C(182), D(69), E(0) #1985360
統計: A(34), B(987), C(182), D(69), E(0) #1985360
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Katsushika Hokusai is a Japanese artist of the Edo period (1603-1868)伊豆時代.
Born in Edo, modern Tokyo, in 1760, he is best known for the woodblock print浮世絵 series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji富士山.
The series, made in the 1830s, depicted描繪 Mount Fuji from different locations and in different seasons.
He created the series as a response to a domestic travel國內旅遊 boom熱潮 and as a part of a personal obsession癡迷 with Mount Fuji.
Under the Wave off Kanagawa is the most iconic work代表性作品 of the series.
Portraying描繪 water is not easy, but Hokusai captured its decisive決定性 moments.
What enabled him to work in this way was his experience of residing居住 in the Sumida area, with all its rivers and canals渠道, and observing觀察 the flow of the Sumida River day by day.
Hokusai was born in the Sumida district區域 and lived there for almost 90 years.
But he was never in one place for long.
He found cleaning distasteful不愉快 and allowed dirt and grime污垢 to build up in his studio工作室.
When the place became unbearable無法忍受, he simply moved out.
All told總共, the artist changed residences 93 times throughout his life.
Constantly不斷地 seeking to produce better works, Hokusai once commented: "All that I have done before 70 is not worth taking into account.
At 75, I will have truly learned the pattern of nature, of animals, of trees and birds.
At 80, I shall progress進步 further更遠地.
At 90, I shall penetrate看透 the mystery of life itself.
At 100 I shall be a marvelous絕妙 artist.
When I am 110, each dot and line will possess擁有 a life of its own.
" Hokusai, however, never got to see whether his prediction預計 held true. He died at the age of 88. Prior to his death, he was said to have remarked: "If the son of heaven天堂之子 gives me just another five years, I will become a true artisan工匠."
During Hokusai's life, the Japanese government enforced執行 isolationist policies獨立政策 to prevent foreigners from entering and citizens from leaving.
When Japan opened its boarders in the 1850s, Hokusai's works crossed the ocean and influenced many Western artists such as Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gough, and Claude Monet.
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji are particularly famous overseas.
The composer作曲家 Debussy was influenced by Under the Wave off Kanagawa when he composed創作 the symphonic交響樂 works La Mer in 1905.
The painter Henri Riviere was also inspired and created a series of lithographs石版畫 called the Thirty-six Views of the Eiffle Tower艾菲爾鐵塔.
In 1999 Hokusai was the only Japanese person given a place in Life Magazine's "The 100 Most Important Events and People of the Past 100 Years.百年百大重要事件人物"
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All that I have done before 70 is not worth taking into account.
At 75, I will have truly learned the pattern of nature, of animals, of trees and birds.
At 80, I shall progress further.
At 90, I shall penetrate the mystery of life itself.
At 100 I shall be a marvelous artist.
When I am 110, each dot and line will possess a life of its own."
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