Jan Dibbets may someday have his work revered as much as his Dutch predecessors Vermeer, Van Gogh, and Rembrandt. At a time when the trends in art are toward abstraction and minimalism, Dibbets' work integrates these two disparate trends into one remarkable whole. 5 In one series of composite works, he arranged sections of architectural photographs into rounded patterns. Then, with pen and ink and watercolors, he connected the segments together into 360-degree circular forms blending the abstract with the real and the imagined. The imaginary images resemble the views of ceilings in gothic, baroque, and neo-classical 10 buildings as they might be seen from the ground floor.
1. What does this passage mainly discuss?
2. Which of the following words could best replace the word "revered" in line 1?
3. As used in line 2, what is the meaning of the word "time"?
4. The word "disparate" in line 4 is closest in meaning to
5. The author implies that
6. The word "remarkable" as used in line 4 could be best replaced by
7. As used in line 5, the word "works" could be best replaced by which of the following?
8. As described in this passage, Dibbets used all of the following elements EXCEPT
9. The word "segments" as used in line 7 refers to
10. The word "neo-classical" in line 9 refers to
