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        People started tackling the idea of combining visual art and technology since the 1960s. The first attempt tobring together technology and art in the creative process happened in 1967. Back then, a group of artists workedwith engineers and scientists from the famous Bell Laboratories to create groundbreaking performancesincorporating new technology. These first installations and performances promoting the use of technology increating art set a cornerstone for further digital art development.
        Andy Warhol was known as one of the most influential artists who used modern technology, such as video,film and screen printing, to make his art more visible and accessible. However, it is a little-known fact thatWarhol was also one of the pioneers of digital art. He created digital drawings on an Amiga computer to advertisethe computer system and their software program as a brand ambassador for the computer company, CommodoreInternational. All of this happened in 1985, but Andy Warhol’s digital art pieces were lost and forgotten until2014 when they were discovered and recovered by artist Cory Arcangel, a New York City based multimedia artistand a fanatic Andy Warhol fan, in the attempt to find and restore the images by staff and student members ofCarnegie Mellon University’s computer club. From July 2017 to November 2019, the Warhol Museum exhibitedthese historic pieces of Warhol’s groundbreaking digital art using the original medium, a vintage Amigacomputer.
         The nineties brought the internet and started the technology revolution. People soon recognized the vastpossibilities of this virtual global network, and the digital art scene started booming. The internet helpednumerous artists make their artwork more visible, with increasing accessibility to worldwide audiences.Advanced technology also enabled the artist to transform and manipulate their artwork, thus becoming asignificant art medium.
【題組】6. What is the passage mainly about?
(A) The life of Andy Warhol
(B) The impact of digital technology
(C) The use of modern technology in art
(D) The role engineers play in modern art

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答案:C
難度:計算中-1
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