PrepTest 145, Section 3, Question 8
It is commonly assumed that even if some(434 more words not shown)
The passage provides the strongest(12 more words not shown)
- AThe judgments of(23 more words not shown)
- BThe financial value(16 more words not shown)
- CMuseum curators would(21 more words not shown)
- DBecause it is(26 more words not shown)
- EWorks of art(18 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Lessing separates the painting's visible excellence from its originality and historical significance. Learning who actually painted it removes the supposed Vermeer origin; it does not remove the composition, technique and color that the critics admired. That distinction should guide the inference.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Lessing calls those aesthetic qualities flawless and beautiful. The revelation therefore does not invalidate the judgment that the painting is aesthetically superb. A critic can be wrong about authorship while still recognizing genuine visible merits.
- B
Financial value is not discussed. We cannot infer a rule about market prices from a distinction between aesthetic and artistic accomplishment.
- C
The story does not support a recommendation that curators disregard critics. Showing that experts can be deceived is different from establishing that museums would do better without their opinions.
- D
Lessing does not compare this forgery's artistic success with original paintings by artists less significant than Vermeer. Skillful imitation establishes aesthetic excellence, but not the comparative artistic ranking D adds.
- E
This reverses the separation established by the example. We have high aesthetic quality without equally high artistic value. That does not establish the opposite possibility: little aesthetic value combined with artistic greatness. Lessing's distinction alone does not supply an example or argument for E.
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