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The Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) was an artist who intuitively asked—and responded to—deeply original questions. ██ █████ ████ ████ ██████ █ █████████ ██████ █ ████████ ██████████ ███████████ ███ ██ ███████ ██████ ██ ██████ ███ ██████████ ██████ ███ ██ ████ ██████ ████ ███ ██████████ ███████ ████████ ██ ██████████████ ████████ ███████ ██ ████ ███ ███████████ ███ ██████ ████████ ███

Intro topic · Sculptor Isamu Noguchi and his originality as an artist

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Focus topic · How one sculpture reveals Noguchi's originality

Possibly the main point, though too early to say for certain

Noguchi's early career · Won award for his sculptures, traveled to Paris, began working for sculptor Brancusi as stonecutter

Evidence of Noguchi's originality · Noticed that sculptors focus on use of shadow, rather than use of reflected light

Noguchi's plan · Create reflective sculpture of Buckminster Fuller using chrome-nickel steel

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Characteristics of reflective sculpture · Can only be properly viewed and understood when it reflects other objects

Analogy between reflective sculpture and calm water: difficult to see directly; instead, you see what's reflected

Further evidence of Noguchi's originality · After completing reflective sculpture, moved on to new things

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This weaken’s the author’s position by suggesting Noguchi’s idea of a positive-light sculpture might not have been original. We know Noguchi worked with Brancusi beginning in 1927. So if Brancusi experimented with positive-light sculptures between 1927 and 1929, Noguchi may have gotten his idea for a positive-light sculpture from Brancusi.

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This is consistent with the author’s position, because the author notes that Noguchi turned to other artistic issues after creating the positive-light sculpture.

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It’s not clear what Brancusi’s widely known acclaim suggests about Noguchi’s own innovation. Perhaps Noguchi wanted to work with Brancusi because of Brancusi’s reputation. This doesn’t suggests Noguchi’s own positive-light sculpture was not as innovative as the author claims.

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It’s not clear what the creation of abstract sculptures suggests about Noguchi’s innovation. We have no reason to think the fact Noguchi made abstract sculptures suggests his sculpture of Fuller is not as innovative as the author claims.

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We have no reason to think Noguchi’s own perception of himself suggests his positive-light sculpture is not as innovative as the author claims.

PrepTest 131 - Section 4 - Passage 3 - Question 22

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