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In the mid-nineteenth century, British landscape painters began incorporating the expanding railway network into their depictions of the countryside. While some art historians argue that these artists celebrated railways as symbols of technological progress, art historian Marcus Thorne contends that painters like Thomas Creswick used these elements to highlight the disruptive encroachment of industrialization on rural life. Which choice, if true, would most directly support Thorne’s contention?

  1. In Creswick's paintings that include trains, the locomotives are depicted emitting dense, dark plumes of smoke that cast shadows over withered fields and scatter nesting birds.Cevap
  2. B
    In an essay on modern art, Creswick wrote that the inclusion of locomotives in landscapes represents the ultimate triumph of human ingenuity over the natural world.
  3. C
    Creswick's paintings of the countryside without railways are widely considered by modern critics to be his most technically accomplished works.
  4. D
    Rural residents who lived near the railway lines depicted by Creswick organized protests against the expansion of train routes through their agricultural lands.

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In Creswick's paintings that include trains, the locomotives are depicted emitting dense, dark plumes of smoke that cast shadows over withered fields and scatter nesting birds.
The correct answer is supported by the fact that depicting trains emitting dense, dark smoke that casts shadows over withered fields and scatters nesting birds visually illustrates the disruptive encroachment of industrialization on rural life. This details-based evidence directly aligns with Thorne's contention.

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1
Identify Marcus Thorne's contention in the passage.
Thorne contends that Thomas Creswick depicted railways to highlight the disruptive encroachment of industrialization on rural life.
To evaluate the choices, we must first understand the specific claim that needs supporting evidence.
2
Analyze each choice to see which one provides textual details of Creswick's paintings showing disruptive or negative impacts of industrialization.
The description of trains emitting dense, dark smoke that shadows withered fields and scatters birds depicts a negative, disruptive impact on the rural environment.
Evidence must directly show the paintings reflecting the disruption described in the claim.
3
Eliminate choices that contradict the claim, focus on unrelated aspects of Creswick's work, or require speculative assumptions.
The statements about Creswick's written praise of technology, his paintings without railways, and local residents' protests are eliminated.
These choices either weaken the argument, address unrelated topics, or rely on unsupported speculation.

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Command of Evidence: Textual
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