Practice question · Estimate
Of the four positions in the expanded field, how many are defined by a purely negative pair of terms?
Estimate on a scale from 0 positions (0) to all 4 (4).
Hints
- Ask which position is not-landscape and not-architecture.
- Only sculpture itself.
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1 (answers within ±0.6 count)
Why
One: sculpture. The other three are defined by at least one positive term, which is exactly Krauss's point: the traditional category was the one holding the weakest position in the structure, and that is why it broke first.
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