PrepTest 53, Section 2, Question 2
Elaine: The purpose of art museums is to preserve artworks and make them available to the public. Museums, therefore, should seek to acquire and display the best examples of artworks from each artistic period and genre, even if some of these works are not recognized by experts as masterpieces.
Elaine: The purpose of art museums is to preserve artworks and make them available to the public. Museums, therefore, should seek to acquire and display the best examples of artworks from each artistic period and genre, even if some of these works are not recognized by experts as masterpieces.
Frederick: Art museums ought to devote their limited resources to acquiring the works of recognized masters in order to ensure the preservation of the greatest artworks.
Elaine: The purpose of art museums is to preserve artworks and make them available to the public. Museums, therefore, should seek to acquire and display the best examples of artworks from each artistic period and genre, even if some of these works are not recognized by experts as masterpieces.
Frederick: Art museums ought to devote their limited resources to acquiring the works of recognized masters in order to ensure the preservation of the greatest artworks.
Elaine: The purpose of art museums is to preserve artworks and make them available to the public. Museums, therefore, should seek to acquire and display the best examples of artworks from each artistic period and genre, even if some of these works are not recognized by experts as masterpieces.
Elaine's and Frederick's statements provide the most support for the claim that they would disagree about whether
many artistic masterpieces are not recognized as such by art experts
museums should seek to represent all genres of art in their collections
art museums should seek to preserve works of art
an art museum ought to acquire an unusual example of a period or genre if more characteristic examples are prohibitively expensive
all of the artworks that experts identify as masterpieces are actually masterpieces
Explanations
The question asks us to identify what Elaine and Frederick are beefing about.
Well, Elaine thinks museums ought to acquire and display art from every period and genre. Frederick, on the other hand, thinks museums should spend their resources acquiring the works of recognized masters.
That's the point at issue: what types of art museums should seek to acquire and display.
Let's go find it.
Nah, neither of them weighs in on whether or not many masterpieces are recognized as such by experts.
Bingo, this is the answer. It's worded a little differently than my prediction, but that's okay. Elaine would agree that museums should seek to represent art from all genres. Frederick would disagree, suggesting museums should focus their resources on works by known masters.
Nah, if anything, both authors would agree with this.
No, neither author really weighs in on this. Rather, we don't have any evidence for picking this answer. Next!
No, similar to D, I have no evidence for how Elaine or Frederick feel about this issue. Can't pick it.
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