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For centuries, commercial portrait painters have employed a [#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2017, 08:11
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For centuries, commercial portrait painters have employed a bifurcated aesthetic: like other artists, they strive to represent the truth that gives their works life, but commerce dictates that they simultaneously employ subtle _________ that make the likeness more attractive than the sitter.
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(A) palettes
(B) aesthetics
(C) artifacts
(D) artifices
(E) sentiments

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Re: For centuries, commercial portrait painters have employed a [#permalink] New post   02 Nov 2017, 19:35
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The pivot means the answer must be in contrast to the clue, “truth.” Trap answers palettes and aesthetics are related to painting, but don’t match the meaning of the blank.

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Re: For centuries, commercial portrait painters have employed a [#permalink] New post   26 Apr 2021, 09:11
why option e is wrong?
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Re: For centuries, commercial portrait painters have employed a [#permalink] New post   27 Apr 2021, 08:30
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why option e is wrong?


Firstly, artists strive to represent the truth. Because of the usage of "but", this infers that the truth that they represent is not fully the truth or a subtle lie. Hence, "sentiments" won't work.

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