Self-study
P1
Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense altogether: that of smell. ███ ██ █████ ███████ ███ █████ ████ ██████████ █████ ███ █████████████ ███ ████ ███████ █████ ████ ████████ ██ ███████████ █████████████ ███ ██████ █ ████ ███ ██ ████ █ ██████████ █████████ ███ █████████ █████ █ ████ ██ ███ █████████ ███████ ██ ██████ ███ ████ ███ ███████ ███ ████ ███████████ ██ █████ █████████
Author's position ·
Perfume should be considered as art
Possibly the main point; this sounds like a conclusion that the author will the spend the rest of the passage supporting
P2
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Support author's position ·
Analogy between perfume and painting
Compares paint ingredients to perfume ingredients
Describe process ·
Painting
Built up in layers, with end product changing over time. The author began this paragraph with a discussion of analogy, so expect the next paragraph to show how the process of perfume-making is analogous to this.
P3
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Support author's position ·
Further analogy
Perfume-makers ("noses") choose different scent combinations (like different paints) to create certain moods; end product changes over time
Support author's position ·
More analogy
Perfumes have similar effects to paintings or music: they all create imaginary worlds and evoke memories
P4
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Hypothesis ·
Why others don't consider perfume as art
Commercialization of perfume undermines its quality
Author's perspective ·
Disapproves of commercialization of perfume
Passage Style
Phenomenon-hypothesis (RC)
Single position
4.
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Not supported, because “any” work of art is too extreme. We have no reason to think the author believes a painting or piece of music involves smell sensations.
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Not supported, because “inevitably fail” is too extreme. Although the author comments on the negative impact of corporate manufacture of perfumes, this doesn’t imply that individual works of art must always fail if created for commercial reasons.
d
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The author never suggests the best works of art improve with age. We have no reason to think the author believes an artwork can improve as it gets older.
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The author never suggests one kind of art is better than another. Although the author considers perfume-making an art, just as painting/music are arts, she never indicates one kind of art is probably better than another.