Corrupting?
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Could you tell me please how the word 'corrupting' can be rephrased here in this sentence?
They believed that the Classical poses and elegant compositions of Raphael in particular had been a corrupting influence on the academic teaching of art.
And in this sentence below why the author says 'detail' and not details?
In contrast, they wanted to return to the abundant detail, intense colours, and complex compositions of Quattrocento Italian and Flemish art.
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1. Damaging 2. "Detail" is used in an uncountable sense, that is "abundant detail" denotes a quality that the paintings from that time (Quattrocento Italian and Flemish art) have.
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- Damaging 2.
- "Detail" is used in an uncountable sense, that is "abundant detail" denotes a quality that the paintings from that time (Quattrocento Italian and Flemish art) have.
- So, a painting can have many details but "abundant detail" refers to the quality of the painting with regard to detail.
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1. Damaging
2. "Detail" is used in an uncountable sense, that is "abundant detail" denotes a quality that the paintings from that time (Quattrocento Italian and Flemish art) have. So, a painting can have many details but "abundant detail" refers to the quality of the painting with regard to detail.
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