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People may praise the talent of a painter capable of realistically portraying a scene and dismiss as artistically worthless the efforts of abstract expressionists, but obviously Conclusion an exact replica of the scene depicted is not the only thing people appreciate in a painting, for Support otherwise photography would have entirely displaced painting as an art form.
Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
The author concludes that exact replication is not the only quality viewers value in a painting. He supports this by contending that, if this wasn’t the case, photography would have replaced painting as an art form by now.
Describe Method of Reasoning
The author is supporting a conclusion about people’s preferences in visual art by citing a relevant fact. Note that this is an “is” conclusion, not an “ought” conclusion: the author is talking about what people do like, not what they should like.
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