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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

an occurrence made all the more extraordinary given that...

Does the following context mean

1. although Munster contained a lot of public art, what made Skulptur Projekte more different and important was its attempt to defend the values of this kind of art exactly after a deep resistance against the siting of a sculpture by George Rickey in the city.

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2. although Munster contains a lot of public art, given that one of the main goals of Skulptur Projekte was to defend the values of this kind of art exactly after a deep resistance against the siting of a sculpture by George Rickey in the city, one occurrence made everything different (which will be considered in the following paragraphs...)?

I think #1 is intended. Am I right?

the context:

Munster boasts a rash of public art, then, an occurrence made all the more extraordinary given that a further impulse for the Skulptur Projekte when it was first launched was the attempt to prove the value of such art after deep-seated public
resistance to the siting in the city of a George Rickey kinetic sculpture in 1975 .
  

Top answer

1. There is a lot of public art in Munster. 2.

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1. There is a lot of public art in Munster.
2. There was deep-seated public resistance to the siting in the city of a George Rickey kinetic sculpture in 1975.
3. (2) makes (1) more extraordinary.
4. One of the aims of Skulptur Projekte was to prove the value of public art, given (2)