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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
high priest
1. Does the highlighted sentence mean "the replacement of the magnificence of art with the interactions among people , ...?
2. Does "one of the high priests" mean a "one of the well-known characters in the field"?
Context:
This has witnessed an increased translocation of the ‘place of art’ to the contextual interactions of various constituencies of people, sites, objects and processes, in some cases ‘forever unfinished’, to borrow a phrase from one of its ‘high priests’, Nicolas Bourriaud
2. Does "one of the high priests" mean a "one of the well-known characters in the field"?
Context:
This has witnessed an increased translocation of the ‘place of art’ to the contextual interactions of various constituencies of people, sites, objects and processes, in some cases ‘forever unfinished’, to borrow a phrase from one of its ‘high priests’, Nicolas Bourriaud
Top answer
1. There is no mention of "magnificence". Basically it seems to be saying that "art" is no longer a fixed work that you passively observe, but some kind of interactive process.
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- There is no mention of "magnificence".
- Basically it seems to be saying that "art" is no longer a fixed work that you passively observe, but some kind of interactive process.
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- Yes, well-known, but also high status -- a senior person whose opinions people respect and take notice of.
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1. There is no mention of "magnificence". Basically it seems to be saying that "art" is no longer a fixed work that you passively observe, but some kind of interactive process.
2. Yes, well-known, but also high status -- a senior person whose opinions people respect and take notice of.
2. Yes, well-known, but also high status -- a senior person whose opinions people respect and take notice of.
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