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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:
  • Use the Future is a 1992 sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Nannucci.
  • It consists of a yellow neon sign that spells out the title phrase.
  • Ginger is a 2023 sculpture by Japanese artist Rikako Kawauchi.
  • It consists of a pink neon sign that forms an abstract squiggle shape.
  • Neon signs became popular with advertisers in the 1920s and began to decline in popularity in the 1960s.
  • Neon signs became popular with artists in the 1960s and continue to be popular today.
The student wants to emphasize a difference between the two sculptures. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A
While the sculptures share a common material, one spells out a phrase while the other is decidedly more abstract.
B
Molded into an evocative phrase in Use the Future (1992), an abstract form in Ginger (2023), and an advertising tool in decades past, neon lighting has a number of different applications.
C
Italian artist Maurizio Nannucci’s and Japanese artist Rikako Kawauchi’s sculptures have employed neon signs in different ways, demonstrating the versatility of the popular material.
D
Nannucci’s sculpture was made in 1992 and Kawauchi’s in 2023, both well after the advertising heyday of neon signs had passed.