The quotation that serves as the book reviewer’s thesis statement is:
“The core idea of Takano-Chavez’s book is that the styles of art and architecture in these four civilizations offer broader keys to their character or personality.”
Which quotation from the passage is the book reviewer’s thesis statement?
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“For instance, she suggests that the rounded, enormous heads of Olmec sculptures reflect a more peaceful, contemplative cast of mind than that of later Aztec figures, with their angular features and more developed bodies.”
“For instance, she suggests that the rounded, enormous heads of Olmec sculptures reflect a more peaceful, contemplative cast of mind than that of later Aztec figures, with their angular features and more developed bodies.”
“I find this speculation unconvincing: surely, the difference in styles has as much to do with available materials and techniques as with any ‘head-versus-body’ dichotomy.”
“I find this speculation unconvincing: surely, the difference in styles has as much to do with available materials and techniques as with any ‘head-versus-body’ dichotomy.”
“This seems, at once, obvious and impossible to establish.”
“This seems, at once, obvious and impossible to establish.”
“The core idea of Takano-Chavez’s book is that the styles of art and architecture in these four civilizations offer broader keys to their character or personality.”
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