Practice question · Multiple choice
Why is it not hypocrisy that Moore cast extensively in bronze after arguing for truth to materials?
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- A position can be productive and still be too narrow.
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A. The doctrine turned out to be narrower than the practice it was meant to describe
Why
Because a doctrine can be productive and too narrow at once. Truth to materials was a useful argument against academic imitation and it could not accommodate the range of work its own advocates went on to make. Noticing that is a finding about the doctrine, not an accusation about the artist.
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