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The author concludes that there’s a difference between beauty and truth. If there weren’t a difference, the most truthful works of art would also be the best works of art. But many of the most truthful works of art are not the best works of art.

(Note that the author said that the most realistic works of art are the same as the most truthful. Because these terms are both the “most,” we can use them interchangeably here to simplify the argument.)

The author’s conclusion is about beauty, but his support is about the quality of being the best. What if there’s a difference, and the most beautiful art is not the best art? If so, the fact that the most truthful art isn’t the best art doesn’t mean it can’t also be the most beautiful art. This would collapse the author’s argument.

Consequently, he must assume that the most beautiful art is also the best art.

Negated, this is: the most beautiful artworks are not the best artworks. If so, the most truthful artworks could also be the most beautiful artworks, even if they’re not the best. This would contradict the author’s argument for believing beauty isn’t equal to truth. So he must assume that (A) is true.

This is too extreme to be necessary: the author’s premises concern artwork with the very most realism, not artwork with any realism whatsoever.

This is too extreme to be necessary: the author’s premise is only that many of the most realistic artworks aren’t among the best, not that absolutely none of them are.

Negated, this is: some artworks that are beautiful aren’t the best. This doesn’t contradict the author’s argument, which was about whether the most beautiful, truthful, and/or realistic artworks are all among the best. Consequently, he doesn’t have to assume that (D) is true.

The author doesn’t have to assume that an artwork’s beauty is inherently subjective. If anything, assuming that it’s subjective would make the evaluations his argument is based on less reliable.

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