PrepTest 146, Section 4, Question 13
Most sociohistorical interpretations of art view a body(442 more words not shown)
The author mentions "Raphael's frescoes(17 more words not shown)
- Ato provide an(13 more words not shown)
- Bto illustrate the(9 more words not shown)
- Cto present an(14 more words not shown)
- Dto show how(9 more words not shown)
- Eto show that(16 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The frescoes illustrate the second way of producing art: creating or commissioning a work that expresses the patron's ideals and way of life. The next paragraph says this is the kind sociohistorical critics prefer, because it appears to reveal the elite's ideology. That connection explains why this particular example matters.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
The frescoes illustrate the artist-patron relationship favored by these critics: the work embodies the patron's outlook and can be analyzed as an expression of elite ideals. The explanation is in the example's surrounding sentences.
- B
A pope commissioned these works, but the author is not using them to trace religion's historical influence on art. A religious connection can be present without being the point the example illustrates.
- C
We are told there are two ways and that critics prefer analyzing the second. We are not told the second was more common. A preference among critics does not establish how frequently patrons and artists worked that way.
- D
Artist subversion is a later possibility the analysis must rule out. Nothing says Raphael subverted Pope Julius II's ideals. We cannot transfer that later general concern into a claim about this particular example.
- E
The example does fit the critics' preferred pattern. E reverses its role by presenting it as an exception to the very relationship it is introduced to illustrate.
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