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Verbal·Expression of Ideas·Rhetorical Synthesis

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• Pattern analysis and contextual analysis are two approaches to art criticism.
• Pattern analysis examines the repetition of visual elements in an artwork.
• Such an analysis of Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans might consider how the painting’s repetition of images of soup cans emphasizes the excesses of consumer culture.
• Contextual analysis considers the historical and cultural contexts of an artwork’s time.
• Such an analysis of Pablo Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon might consider how the painting’s portrayal of fragmented human figures challenged conventions of beauty during a time of cultural upheaval (early twentieth century).

The student wants to present contextual analysis to an audience unfamiliar with the concept. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

A pattern analysis of Campbell’s Soup Cans might consider how the painting’s repetition of images of soup cans emphasizes the excesses of consumer culture.

B

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon’s portrayal of fragmented human figures challenged conventions of beauty during a time of cultural upheaval (early twentieth century).

C

An approach to art criticism, contextual analysis considers the historical and cultural contexts of an artwork’s time.

D

Pattern analysis differs from contextual analysis in that pattern analysis examines the repetition of visual elements in an artwork.