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While art historians do not necessarily agree on the date of the birth of modern art, they do agree that mid-nineteenth century French art shows a clear and distinct break from tradition. Pressed to point to a single picture that represents the vanguard of the modern art movement, art historians will often point to Courbet’s The Painter’s Studio.
The peculiar subtitle of Courbet’s work, “Real allegory summing up a seven-year period of my life” confirms that Courbet was striving to do something strikingly original with his work. The argument has been made that the painting struck a blow for the independence of the artist, and that since Courbet’s work, artists have felt freed from the societal demands placed upon their work. Paintings prior to Courbet’s time were most often focused on depicting events from the Bible, history, or literature. With his singular painting, Courbet promulgated the idea that an artist is capable of representing only that which he can experience through his senses of sight and touch; the true artist will then be compelled to make his representation as simply and directly as possible.
Which of the following would most effectively replace the word promulgated as it is used in the context of the passage?
A) Displayed B) Disseminated C) Proclaimed D) Concealed E) Secreted
Select the sentence in the passage that best explains the effect of Courbet’s work on other artists.
The argument has been made that the painting struck a blow for the independence of the artist and that since Courbet’s work, artists have felt free from the societal demands placed upon their work.
The effect that Courbet had on painting is most analogous to which situation?
A) An avant-garde writer who subverts novelistic conventions B) A machinist who tinkers and improves his invention C) A watercolor painter who paints in the same style as his peers D) A scientist who comes up with a unified theory of several discordant scientific ideas E) A seamstress who makes a ball gown using several different types of fabric
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KomalSg wrote:
But promulgate is not even an option. The only options are : A) Displayed B) Disseminated C) Proclaimed D) Concealed E) Secreted
Carcass wrote:
Promulgate means to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law for instance).
Hope this helps.
Regards
promulgate is used in the passage, question asks us to give synonym for that word and here the synonym-- that goes with the context of the statement written in the passage-- is proclaim.
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Question 3. Option A states that the painter was weakening(subverts) the new convention(novelistic convention). But the passage states that he brought a change that freed the painters of that time.
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29 May 2021, 09:14
I think that disseminate is not a good choice here even though it is a close synonym to promulgate because it means that to spread the idea but the author does not say anything about spreading the idea the painter has just proclaimed in this and then the idea has become popular.
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shrey25 wrote:
Question 3. Option A states that the painter was weakening(subverts) the new convention(novelistic convention). But the passage states that he brought a change that freed the painters of that time.
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I think the third is NOt the most difficult question on earth but is a bit tricky.
Usually you must read SUPER carefully. However, is such questions like this one which is basically a parallel reasoning question, you MUST read SUPER^2 carefully raised to the power of two
His wor was strikingly original. That means he did something of a groundbreaking
A) An avant-garde writer who subverts novelistic conventions this could be an option
B) A machinist who tinkers and improves his invention improves is NOT groundbreaking C) A watercolor painter who paints in the same style as his peers same style ....not groundbreaking
D) A scientist who comes up with a unified theory of several discordant scientific ideas unified does not mean groundbreaking.. could also be or not
E) A seamstress who makes a ball gown using several different types of fabric
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