Self-study
P1
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Spotlight ·
Romare Bearden's paintings were innovative and explored African-American experience
P2
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Bearden's style ·
Combined elements of painting and collage
Showed how commonplace subjects can change based on techniques of artist.
P3
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Bearden's portrayal of African-American life ·
Painted grim scenes of hardships of 1930
Impact of Bearden's portrayal ·
Moved beyond "protest painting" and showed individual suffering
Another aspect of Bearden's style ·
Muted colors to suggest melancholy or despair
P4
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Other kinds of paintings from Bearden ·
Religious ceremony, musical performance, family life
Bearden's goal ·
Wanted to reveal depth of African-American experience
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
11.
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a
involve innovative creative ██████████
The author never comments on the creative techniques of journalism and documentary photography. So we have no support for the belief that this photography did not involve innovative creative techniques.
b
reveal instances of ██████████ █████ █████████
Although typical protest painting did not reveal individual human suffering, the author never suggests that journalism and documentary photography also did not reveal individual human suffering. There’s a difference between the protest painting described in P3 and the journalistic and documentary photography mentioned in P4.
c
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If anything, this is something journalism and documentary photography
d
depict the richness ██ ████████████████ ████
e
cloud the picture ██ ████████ ████
If anyting, this is something journalism and documentary photography