PrepTest 145, Section 3, Question 12
It is commonly assumed that even if some(434 more words not shown)
The passage most strongly supports(6 more words not shown)
- AIn any historical(19 more words not shown)
- BAn artist who(11 more words not shown)
- CA successful forger(6 more words not shown)
- DWorks of art(20 more words not shown)
- EA painting can(17 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The example involves a later painter producing work in Vermeer's manner and attaching Vermeer's signature to it. The account treats the false attribution as a forgery. Keep that concrete case in mind while checking the broader claims; the question is not asking us to invent a complete definition of forgery.
Working the answers
- A
The philosophical debate concerns a forgery's artistic value. It is not presented as a debate over the criteria for classifying works as forgeries, much less such a debate in any historical period.
- B
Borrowing an existing technique does not by itself involve passing a work off as someone else's. For example, using an established way of applying paint need not make a painter a forger. B adds an unsupported likelihood.
- C
Van Meegeren successfully deceived experts, yet the final paragraph says his forgery contributes nothing new or creative. That example does not require the new vision C calls necessary.
- D
The comparison concerns Vermeer's earlier historical period and van Meegeren's later one. It does not compare early and late stages within one great artist's career.
- ECorrect
Van Meegeren is described as creating a painting using Vermeer's techniques under a forged Vermeer signature. The deception can concern who created the painting rather than copying a particular existing original. The case supports forgery through false authorship; it does not require a matching original canvas.
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