Cool response
Does "a cool response" in the following context mean "anti-war response"?
Context:
In general, the more modern and avant-garde of Europe’s twentieth-century sculptors did not receive requests to commemorate the events of the Great War. Any commissioned figurative sculpture tended to question war and generate a cool response.
Top answer
No. The people who decide what monument to build were cool on the avant-garde stuff. They reacted to the anti-war overtones of the avant-garde proposals cooly, not warmly.
- No.
- The people who decide what monument to build were cool on the avant-garde stuff.
- They reacted to the anti-war overtones of the avant-garde proposals cooly, not warmly.
- , def.
- 4.
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No. The people who decide what monument to build were cool on the avant-garde stuff. They reacted to the anti-war overtones of the avant-garde proposals cooly, not warmly.
AHD "cool", adj., def. 4. Marked by indifference, disdain, or dislike; unfriendly or unresponsive: a cool greeting; was cool to the idea of higher taxes.
0red appleAny commissioned figurative sculpture tended to (1) question war and (2)generate a cool response.
Those figurative sculptures that were commissioned tended to
(1) question war
and
(2) not lead to a warm response - not many people went to see them and/or those
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