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- When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past,…
- A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world.
- When a finished work of 20thcentury sculpture is placed in an 18th-century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past, thus reinforcing…
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