Read the excerpt carefully. How does the author develop the idea that Banksy is part of a historical
pattern?
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Some of the most well-known of Banksy's
subversive artistic predecessors were part of the early-
20th century Dada movement. One of their principal
strategies involved denying the market of objects that
could be commodified.
French-American artist Marcel Duchamp is perhaps the
most well-known Dadaist. In 1917, his "Fountain," a
urinal laid on its back and remounted on a pedestal, was
his first volley against the art market's intellectual
pretenses about art.
-"Banksy and the Tradition of Destroying Art,
Preminda Jacob
o By comparing Banksy's art displays to Duchamp's
displays
O By defining the problem Banksy had and how
Duchamp solved it
O By describing events in chronological order in the
development of the trend
O By providing an example of an earlier artist doing
something similar to Banksy