Self-study
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Summary
Art historians have recently learned that the Sistine Chapel’s original colors may have been different from what they study today. They have therefore concluded that interpretations of the Sistine Chapel that they have previously believed to be appropriate might not actually be.
Notable Assumptions
The argument moves from premises that discuss how art historians may have been analyzing colors that were different from the original to a conclusion that claims that interpretations offered before they knew about the different colors are no longer appropriate. It does not provide, however, an explicit connection between knowledge about the colors of the Chapel and whether or not an interpretation of the Chapel is appropriate. We therefore need some assumption that fills this gap, and that explains why knowing about the original colors is important in order for an interpretation to be appropriate.
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a
The appropriateness of ██ ██████████████ ██ ██ ███████ ██ ████████ ██ ███ ███████ ███████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ █████ ███ ██████████████ ██ █████
Wrong trigger. The argument isn’t about the period of time interpretations were made in, but is instead about the knowledge about the original colors of the artwork.
b
The restoration of ██ ███████ ███ █████ ██ ████ ████ ██ ████ ████ ██████ ████ ███ ██████ ███ ███ ██████ ███ ██ ██ █████
Leads to the wrong conclusion. The argument suggests that the restoration helped make it clear to art historians that the original colors were different, not that the restoration changed the colors. If this were true, then it would be interpretations after the restoration that would be inappropriate.
c
The colors of ██ ███████ ███ ████████ ██ ██ ███████████ ██████████████ ██ ████ █████
This explains why interpretations made before art historians knew about the original colors would be inappropriate. If correctly analyzing colors is relevant in making an interpretation appropriate, it makes sense that interpretations that didn’t know about the Chapel’s original colors would be inappropriate.
d
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The argument isn’t about the value of an artwork.
e
Interpretations of an ███████ ███ ███████████ ██ ████ ██████████ ██████ ███ ██████ ████ ███ ████ ███ ████████
Wrong trigger. The argument doesn’t discuss interpretations that originated during the period when the Sistine Chapel was created.