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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
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provoke from
What does the highlighted sentence mean? I am not familiar with "provoke from"?
But what is interesting, above all, is the way that this epitome of ‘turd-in-the-plaza’ public memorial sculpture became subject to an inversion of its positivistic intentions via the use it provoked from a public that was evidently indifferent to the horror it was seeking to convey so dramatically.
But what is interesting, above all, is the way that this epitome of ‘turd-in-the-plaza’ public memorial sculpture became subject to an inversion of its positivistic intentions via the use it provoked from a public that was evidently indifferent to the horror it was seeking to convey so dramatically.
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provoke - by behaving in a certain way (usually an annoying way), cause a person to react in some way. Consider these simpler examples. eg The child's rudeness provoked a frown from his father.
- provoke - by behaving in a certain way (usually an annoying way), cause a person to react in some way.
- Consider these simpler examples.
- eg The child's rudeness provoked a frown from his father.
- ) eg The frown that the child's rudeness provoked from his father was unexpected.
- We can speak this way about your text.
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provoke - by behaving in a certain way (usually an annoying way), cause a person to react in some way.
Consider these simpler examples.
eg The child's rudeness provoked a frown from his father. (It made his father react by frowning.)
eg The frown that the child's rudeness provoked from his father was unexpected.
We can speak this way about your text.
eg The sculptur
Consider these simpler examples.
eg The child's rudeness provoked a frown from his father. (It made his father react by frowning.)
eg The frown that the child's rudeness provoked from his father was unexpected.
We can speak this way about your text.
eg The sculptur
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Thank you @Clive. Your explanation was complete. So, can I interpret it as "the sculpture provoked people to make new uses of it (the sculpture itself)"?
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So, can I interpret it as "the sculpture provoked people to make new uses of it (the sculpture itself)"?
Yes, but the uses were not the positive ones expected. Instead, they showed that the public "was evidently indifferent to the horror it (ie the sculpture) was seeking to convey so dramatically".
Perhaps eg instead of looking at the sculpture and weeping, people sat on
Yes, but the uses were not the positive ones expected. Instead, they showed that the public "was evidently indifferent to the horror it (ie the sculpture) was seeking to convey so dramatically".
Perhaps eg instead of looking at the sculpture and weeping, people sat on
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