From an artist’s point of view, Hockney observed that a camera obscura compresses the complicated forms of a three-dimensional scene into two-dimensional shapes that can easily be traced and also increases the contrast between light and dark,leading to the chiaroscuro effect seen in many of these paintings. (TPO44, 48)
chiaroscuro /kɪ,ɑrə'skʊro/ n. 明暗对照法;对比法
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(From an artist’s point of view), Hockney observed that a camera obscura compresses the complicated forms of a three-dimensional scene into two-dimensional shapes (that can easily be traced) and also increases the contrast between light and dark, (leading to the chiaroscuro effect) (seen in many of these paintings. )(TPO44, 48)
托福阅读长难句100句分析：
这个句子的主干：
Hockney observed that…
从句中是一个并列结构：a camera obscura compresses…and also increases…
修饰一：(From an artist’s point of view) ，介词短语
中文：从艺术家的观点来看
修饰二：(that can easily be traced) ，从句
中文：很容易被追踪
修饰三：(leading to the chiaroscuro effect) ，非谓语动词
中文：产生了明暗效果
修饰四：(seen in many of these paintings.) ，非谓语动词
中文：在很多这类画中可以被看见
托福阅读长难句100句参考翻译：
从艺术家的观点来看，Hockney观察到暗箱可以将复杂的三维场景压制成易于捕捉的二维图像，并增加光与影之间的反差，从而产生了在很多这类画中可以看见的明暗效果。
这个句子的主要修饰成分就是非谓语动词、介词和从句，大家务必想清楚，每一个修饰成分修饰的是什么，才能看清楚这个句子的结构。
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