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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
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The author argues for serious treatment of such arts as crochet and needlework, finding in too many art historians a cultural blindness --- to their ---- textiles as a medium in which women artists pre-dominate.
(A) traceable.. prejudice against
(B) opposed.. distrust of
(C) referring.. need for
(D) reduced.. respect for
(E) corresponding.. expertise in
I have no idea which one is correct. Please help me analyse the structure of the sentence. Thanks a lot.
(A) traceable.. prejudice against
(B) opposed.. distrust of
(C) referring.. need for
(D) reduced.. respect for
(E) corresponding.. expertise in
I have no idea which one is correct. Please help me analyse the structure of the sentence. Thanks a lot.
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I was about to go for D but I think I'll pick A as the best option. With A the idea would be that you can find TRACES of how art historians are PREJUDICED AGAINST needlework as a form of art : they are holding it in such little esteem that they don't see it as a medium that can be labelled as art. With D it could work but then it would sound like the point the author is making has something to do with women being able to predominate in litterature, painting and so forth...
- I was about to go for D but I think I'll pick A as the best option.
- With A the idea would be that you can find TRACES of how art historians are PREJUDICED AGAINST needlework as a form of art : they are holding it in such little esteem that they don't see it as a medium that can be labelled as art.
- With D it could work but then it would sound like the point the author is making has something to do with women being able to predominate in litterature, painting and so forth...
- Whereas he is simply saying needlework is an art form as worthy of consideration as others...
- At least that's how I understand the author's point...
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I was about to go for D but I think I'll pick A as the best option.
With A the idea would be that you can find TRACES of how art historians are PREJUDICED AGAINST needlework as a form of art : they are holding it in such little esteem that they don't see it as a medium that can be labelled as art.
With D it could work but then it would sound like the point the author is making h
With A the idea would be that you can find TRACES of how art historians are PREJUDICED AGAINST needlework as a form of art : they are holding it in such little esteem that they don't see it as a medium that can be labelled as art.
With D it could work but then it would sound like the point the author is making h
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Thank you Waiti. I know what's going on there. Actually the cultural blindness (the serious treatment of crochet and needlework the author argues for) already suggests the "prejudice". I guess I was blindfolded by "in too many art historians..." which sounds not that gainly to me. I was stopped there because I don't know what it says. But after read it several times, it become fine.
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