Self-study
P1
It is commonly assumed that even if some forgeries have aesthetic merit, no forgery has as much as an original by the imitated artist would. ███
Common belief ·
Forgeries can't be as good aesthetically as originals
Conflicting fact ·
Art specialists can mistake a forgery for an original
This suggests that, at least aesthetically, forgeries can be as good. (Ex. Han van Meegeren's Disciples painting; forged under signatures of Jan Vermeer and thought to be one of Vermeer's best works.)
P2
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Questions ·
Is forgery inherently inferior art? How can be judge forgeries as worse?
The fact that a fake can be confused for an original suggests that it's aesthetically as good.
Lessing's answer ·
Lessing has an answer
We'll get the answer in the next paragraph.
P3
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Lessing's answer ·
Forgeries are worse, but not because of aesthetics
Forgeries lack vision and originality, which are some of the qualities by which we judge art.
P4
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Author's agreement with Lessing ·
van Meegeren's fake lacked historical significant
It didn't involve origination of the artistic techniques that Vermeer was known for. So, it was worse.
Passage Style
Single position
9.
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a
argue that many ███ ███████ ███ ██████████ ██ █████ █████████
The author does not argue that many art critics are inflexible in their judgments of work. The critic’s reaction is not an example of inflexibility, but of the ability of a forgery to dupe even an experienced art critic.
b
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The critic’s reaction is not an example of the lack of knowledge of some critics, but of the ability of a forgery to dupe even an experienced art critic.
c
suggest that the ████████ ███ ███ ████ ███ ██ ██ █ ███████ ███████
Anti-supported. The Disciples at Emmaus is a forgery.
d
emphasize that the ███████ ██ ███████ ██████ ██ ██████████ ██████████
The author does not question the concept of forgery.
e
illustrate the difficulties ████ ██████████ ████████ █████████ ███ ████ ███ ███ ███████
This best captures the purpose as explained above.