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24. According to the passage, modern viewers are not likely to value which of the following qualities in a painting?
(C) The moral lesson imparted by the painting
Correct: we no longer require artists to provide ideal images of humanity for our moral edification
Vocab: edification: the moral or intellectual instruction or improvement of someone

25. If the history of Duparc's artistic reputation were to follow that of the Le Nain brothers and Georges de La Tour, present-day assessments of her work would be likely to contain which of the following?
POE
(A) An evaluation that accords high status to her work
Correct: Their present high standing
(B) Acknowledgment of her technical expertise but dismissal of her subject matter as trivial
incorrect- no discussion on her technical expertise
(C) Agreement with assessments made in her own time but acknowledgments of the exceptional quality of a few of her paintings
incorrect- not supported by passage
(D) Placement of her among the foremost artists of her century
incorrect- passage does not mention that this happened in case of Le Nain brothers and Georges de La Tour
(E) A reclassification of her work as portraiture rather than genre painting
incorrect- not supported by passage


26. It can be inferred from the passage that the term "genre painting" would most likely apply to which of the following?
(D) A portrayal of a servant engaged in his work
correct- self-consciousness and the spontaneity of their everyday activities, the depiction of which characterizes genre painting...But genre painting, especially when it portrayed members of the humblest classes
(E) A formal portrait of an eighteenth-century king
incorrect but close answer

27. The argument of the passage best supports which of the following contentions concerning judgments of artistic work?
POE
(A) Aesthetic judgments can be influenced by the political beliefs of those making the judgment.
correct- their present high standing is due to a different, more democratic political climate
(B) Judgments of the value of an artist's work made by his or her contemporaries must be discounted before a true judgment can be made.
incorrect- not supported in passage
(C) Modern aesthetic taste is once again moving in the direction of regarding idealistic painting as the most desirable form of painting.
Incorrect- opposite of what is mentioned in passage
(D) In order to be highly regarded, an artist cannot be solely identified with one particular kind of painting.
incorrect- not supported in passage
(E) Spontaneity is the most valuable quality a portrait painter can have.
incorrect- not supported in passage

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3/4 got the second one wrong :/

I was confused between A and D but still didn't get

24. According to the passage, modern viewers are not likely to value which of the following qualities in a painting?

relevant lines from the passage:

Their present high standing is due to a different, more democratic political climate and to different aesthetic values: we no longer require artists to provide ideal images of humanity for our moral edification but rather regard such idealization as a falsification of the truth.

(A) The technical elements of the painting
(B) The spontaneity of the painting
(C) The moral lesson imparted by the painting. Correct
(D) The degree to which the painting realistically depicts its subject
(E) The degree to which the artist's personality is revealed in the painting


25. If the history of Duparc's artistic reputation were to follow that of the Le Nain brothers and Georges de La Tour, present-day assessments of her work would be likely to contain which of the following?

We know that Duparc chose the same themes as Le Nain brothers and Georges de La Tour. And while the latter were ignored in their times, in the present day, they had a high standing due to a different, more democratic political climate and different aesthetic values. Therefore, Duparc would have also enjoyed high standing and her work would have been appreciated very much.


(A) An evaluation that accords high status to her work. Correct
(B) Acknowledgment of her technical expertise but dismissal of her subject matter as trivial
(C) Agreement with assessments made in her own time but acknowledgments of the exceptional quality of a few of her paintings
(D) Placement of her among the foremost artists of her century
(E) A reclassification of her work as portraiture rather than genre painting


26. It can be inferred from the passage that the term "genre painting" would most likely apply to which of the following?

relevant lines from the passage:

Her subjects appear to be acquaintances whom she has asked to pose; she has captured both their self-consciousness and the spontaneity of their everyday activities, the depiction of which characterizes genre painting. But genre painting, especially when it portrayed members of the humblest classes, was never popular in eighteenth-century France.

(A) A painting depicting a glorious moment of victory following a battle
(B) A painting illustrating a narrative from the Bible
(C) A portrayal of a mythological Greek goddess
(D) A portrayal of a servant engaged in his work. Correct
(E) A formal portrait of an eighteenth-century king


27. The argument of the passage best supports which of the following contentions concerning judgments of artistic work?

relevant lines from the passage:

But genre painting, especially when it portrayed members of the humblest classes, was never popular in eighteenth-century France. The Le Nain brothers and Georges de La Tour, who also chose such themes, were largely ignored. Their present high standing is due to a different, more democratic political climate and to different aesthetic values: we no longer require artists to provide ideal images of humanity for our moral edification but rather regard such idealization as a falsification of the truth.

In other words, changing political beliefs were responsible for the appreciation for genre painting

(A) Aesthetic judgments can be influenced by the political beliefs of those making the judgment. Correct
(B) Judgments of the value of an artist's work made by his or her contemporaries must be discounted before a true judgment can be made.
(C) Modern aesthetic taste is once again moving in the direction of regarding idealistic painting as the most desirable form of painting.
(D) In order to be highly regarded, an artist cannot be solely identified with one particular kind of painting.
(E) Spontaneity is the most valuable quality a portrait painter can have.

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