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Clothing is often regarded in (i)____ rather than artistic terms, but the garments displayed in museums, and designer clothes today, should be sufficient reminders of the (ii)____ involved. It is the most (iii)____ and widely practiced of the arts, for the fashioning of attractive, practical clothing is carried out in the homes of the lower classes as well as the shops patronized by the rich.


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religious divinity domestic
pragmatic artistry flashy
ideological luxury ostentatious
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Re: Clothing is often regarded in (i)____ rather than artistic t [#permalink] New post   30 Jun 2020, 14:11
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Re: Clothing is often regarded in (i)____ rather than artistic t [#permalink] New post   01 Jul 2020, 00:19
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Clothing is often regarded in (i)____ rather than artistic terms, but the garments displayed in museums, and designer clothes today, should be sufficient reminders of the (ii)____ involved. It is the most (iii)____ and widely practiced of the arts, for the fashioning of attractive, practical clothing is carried out in the homes of the lower classes as well as the shops patronized by the rich.


Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)
religious divinity domestic
pragmatic artistry flashy
ideological luxury ostentatious


Here is my interpretation of the text.
We start off with the first blank that is 'regarded in _____' 'RATHER' than artistic terms. So I pause here and try to take a wild guess for the word which should be the antithesis of Artistic - Something like Practical, Non-Artistic - Option 2 - Pragmatic i.e Practical fits best here.

'But' clearly states a contradiction to the firs statement posted i.e the designer clothes ARE INDEED artistic. oPTION artistry.

Moving on to the last blank. If we skim through the entire passage we could see the nuances of 'carried out in the homes of the lower classes' gives it a domestic or carried out by all theme. Hence domestic is the option.

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Re: Clothing is often regarded in (i)____ rather than artistic t [#permalink] New post   27 Aug 2020, 10:14
I failed in the first option. I selected ideological but it is pragmatic. I continue with doubts about this. Does someone have an explanation?.
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Re: Clothing is often regarded in (i)____ rather than artistic t [#permalink] New post   27 Aug 2020, 10:48
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The entire sentence rotates around the concept that certain style of clothes is nearer to some form of art rather than to the pragmatic and functionality that indeed they in more than accosion they have

The first choice is the easiest because you need a clear contrast with the rest of the sentence which talks about ART

A and C are completely out of scope. B has no contender and no clues in the rest of the phrase which could lead us to A or C as choice

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Re: Clothing is often regarded in (i)____ rather than artistic t [#permalink] New post   12 Sep 2020, 09:14
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Clothing is often regarded in (i)____ rather than artistic terms, but the garments displayed in museums, and designer clothes today, should be sufficient reminders of the (ii)____ involved. It is the most (iii)____ and widely practiced of the arts, for the fashioning of attractive, practical clothing is carried out in the homes of the lower classes as well as the shops patronized by the rich.


Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)
religious divinity domestic
pragmatic artistry flashy
ideological luxury ostentatious


For first blank, it is regarded non-artistic rather than artistic term and out of 3 choices , pragmatic (sensible thing) makes more sense.
For 2nd blank, sufficient reminder of the artistic involved as we talking about clothes in museum and designer cloth, and out of 3 artistry show that meaning.
Now for 3rd blank, it is saying about attractive and practical cloth. These clothes are used in all extreme form of classes. So widely practice show extreme of classes and for practical clothing domestic fill the blank more naturally than other two options.
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Re: Clothing is often regarded in (i)____ rather than artistic t [#permalink] New post   03 Sep 2021, 08:57
I think ostentatious is more suitable than flashy
because according to the context art is not flashy
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