And the sensitive observer of sculpture must also learn to feel shape simply as shape, not as description or reminiscence.

feel shape as shape ^{感受形状本身}

• Artists are trained to feel shape as shape without external associations. ^{艺术家被训练去感受形状本身，不带外部联想。}
• To appreciate sculpture, one must feel shape as shape purely. ^{要欣赏雕塑，必须纯粹地感受形状本身。}

He must, for example, perceive an egg as a simple single solid shape quite apart from its significance as food, or from the literary idea that it will become a bird.

perceive … as … ^{把…当做是…认为…是…}

• She did not perceive herself as disabled. ^{她并未把自己视为残疾人。}
• Computers were often perceived as a threat. ^{计算机常被视为一种威胁。}
• Even as a young woman, she had been perceived as a future chief executive. ^{即使在年轻时，她也被认为是一位未来的首席执行官。}

apart from ^{除了/脱离}

• Apart from anything else I was starving. ^{别的不说，我快饿死了。}
• She keeps herself apart from other people.^{她与其他人保持距离。}
• Her elegant style sets her apart from other journalists. ^{她的典雅风格使她与其他记者截然不同。}

And so with solids such as a shell, a nut, a plum, a pear, a tadpole, a mushroom, a mountain peak, a kidney, a carrot, a tree-trunk, a bird, a bud, a lark, a ladybird, a bulrush, a bone.

solids ^立体物体

• He must feel solids like a shell as solids. ^{他必须将贝壳等立体物体感受为立体物体。}
• The sculptor studies solids such as a nut or a bone. ^{雕塑家研究像坚果或骨头这样的立体物体。}
• Understanding solids like a tree-trunk is key to sculpture. ^{理解像树干这样的立体物体是雕塑的关键。}

From these he can go on to appreciate more complex forms or combinations of several forms.

go on to do sth. ^{继续做下一件事（完成某事后）}

• What proportion of people who are HIV-positive go on to develop AIDS?
• The book goes on to describe his experiences in the army. ^{这本书继续描述他在军队中的经历。}
• After finishing the basics, she went on to learn advanced techniques. ^{完成基础后，她继续学习高级技术。}
• He went on to explore more complex forms of art. ^{他继续探索更复杂的艺术形式。}