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12)“Gestures” in painting are typically thought of as bold, expressive brushstrokes. In the 1970s, American painter Jack Whitten built a 12-foot (3.7-meter) tool he named the “developer” to apply paint to an entire canvas in one motion, resulting in his series of “slab” paintings from that decade. Whitten described this process as making an entire painting in “one gesture,” signaling a clear departure from the prevalence of gestures in his work from the 1960s. Some art historians claim this shift represents “removing gesture” from the process. Therefore, regardless of whether using the developer constitutes a gesture, both Whitten and these art historians likely agree that ______ Which choice most logically completes the text?IFRPRAEN-012any tool that a painter uses to create an artwork is capable of creating gesturesWhitten's work from the 1960s exhibits many more gestures than his work from the 1970s does.Whitten became less interested in exploring the role of gesture in his work as his career progressed.Whitten's work from the 1960s is much more realistic than his work from the 1970s is.

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12)“Gestures” in painting are typically thought of as bold, expressive brushstrokes. In the 1970s, American painter Jack Whitten built a 12-foot (3.7-meter) tool he named the “developer” to apply paint to an entire canvas in one motion, resulting in his series of “slab” paintings from that decade. Whitten described this process as making an entire painting in “one gesture,” signaling a clear departure from the prevalence of gestures in his work from the 1960s. Some art historians claim this shift represents “removing gesture” from the process. Therefore, regardless of whether using the developer constitutes a gesture, both Whitten and these art historians likely agree that ______ Which choice most logically completes the text?IFRPRAEN-012any tool that a painter uses to create an artwork is capable of creating gesturesWhitten's work from the 1960s exhibits many more gestures than his work from the 1970s does.Whitten became less interested in exploring the role of gesture in his work as his career progressed.Whitten's work from the 1960s is much more realistic than his work from the 1970s is.

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Whitten's work from the 1960s exhibits many more gestures than his work from the 1970s does.

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