[单项选择]Because modern art is neither completely accepted nor rejected by critics, their ultimate evaluations of it remain ______ .
A. unrelenting
B. arbitrary
C. diminished
D. equivocal
E. passive

Aesthetic thought of a distinctively modern art emerged during the 18th century. The western philosophers and critics of this time devoted much attention to such matters (1) natural beauty, the sublime, and representation—a trend reflecting the central position they had given to the philosophy of nature. (2) that time, however, the philosophy of art has become ever more (3) and has begun to (4) the philosophy of nature.
Various issues (5) to the philosophy of art have had a(n) (6) impact (7) the orientation of the 20th-century aesthetics. (8) among these are problems relating to the theory of art as form and (9) the distinction between representation and expression. Still another far-reaching question has to do with the value of art. Two (10) theoretical positions have taken on this issue: one holds that art and its appreciation are a means to some recognized moral good, (1
A. transplant
B. transfer
C. submit
D. supplant