alluding to the funereal
The following text describes Rachel Whiteread's artwork titled "House".
1. Does "alluding to the funereal" here mean "reminding use of a grave and tombstone"?
2. What does "non-responsive" imply here?
Description:
Ghost, 1990, a plaster cast of a living-room, is more subtle in its preservation of the past, but nonetheless the faint traces and stains of what was once inhabited by the living remind us eerily of our mortality, the inverted fireplace alluding to the funereal, its non-responsive surface seeming to look back at us from a time past.
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catttt 1. Does "alluding to the funereal" here mean "reminding use of a grave and tombstone"? Us.
- catttt 1.
- Does "alluding to the funereal" here mean "reminding use of a grave and tombstone"?
- Us.
- I guess so.
- I can't say I see it very strongly, though.
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catttt1. Does "alluding to the funereal" here mean "reminding use of a grave and tombstone"?
Us. I guess so. I can't say I see it very strongly, though.
catttt2. What does "non-responsive" imply here?
You can't connect very well with the flat, monochrome surface. It cannot evoke many connotations in the viewer. The
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