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Catttt Posted 7 years ago
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Enjoyed a timely renaissance

Does "figurative painting enjoyed" in the provided context below mean "figurative painting had enjoyed" or "figurative painting was enjoying"?


Context:
By the time he was commissioned to do the painting that became the source for the Absolut Warhol advertisement in 1985, Warhol had become both a celebrity artist and a successful businessman and it would have been hard to find a more suitable candidate for the fusion of art and commerce that was to be Absolut’s new advertising ploy. The economic and political climate was also ripe for this sort of collaboration between art and advertising. The art market had picked up due to the monetarist policies of the Reagan administration and figurative painting enjoyed a timely renaissance. Economic prosperity had also facilitated the emergence of the sort of performative consumer previously discussed, a consumer who was able to make a display of cultural capital through the acquisition of upmarket branded goods, and these included works of art (Art and Advertising by Joan Gibbons) .

  

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", but this type of question is not important here. This is a past tense situation, and "enjoyed," "had enjoyed," and "was enjoying" are all possible - note that the past tense is often used in place of the past perfect.

— Anonymous

  • ", but this type of question is not important here.
  • This is a past tense situation, and "enjoyed," "had enjoyed," and "was enjoying" are all possible - note that the past tense is often used in place of the past perfect.
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"Had enjoyed" is probably the "most" correct because the sentence begins with "...had picked up...", but this type of question is not important here. This is a past tense situation, and "enjoyed," "had enjoyed," and "was enjoying" are all possible - note that the past tense is often used in place of the past perfect.

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cattttDoes "figurative painting enjoyed" in the provided context below mean "figurative painting had enjoyed" or "figurative painting was enjoying"?

I'd take it as the latter (was enjoying). Ms Gibbons seems to have made a little slip of the pen there.

CJ

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