PrepTest 94+, Section 4, Question 7
A truly visual art form—for example, painting—is one in which time plays no essential role. Though it takes time to look at a painting, there is no fixed order in which one must look at its parts, and no fixed amount of time one must spend examining it. In contrast, most art forms, such as poetry and music, are essentially temporal; that is, they require performance, which means they must be experienced in a fixed order and over a roughly fixed amount of time. Poetry, for instance, though often written down and thus seemingly a visual art, actually must be performed, even if the performance is only a silent reading to oneself.
A truly visual art form—for example, painting—is one in which time plays no essential role. Though it takes time to look at a painting, there is no fixed order in which one must look at its parts, and no fixed amount of time one must spend examining it. In contrast, most art forms, such as poetry and music, are essentially temporal; that is, they require performance, which means they must be experienced in a fixed order and over a roughly fixed amount of time. Poetry, for instance, though often written down and thus seemingly a visual art, actually must be performed, even if the performance is only a silent reading to oneself.
A truly visual art form—for example, painting—is one in which time plays no essential role. Though it takes time to look at a painting, there is no fixed order in which one must look at its parts, and no fixed amount of time one must spend examining it. In contrast, most art forms, such as poetry and music, are essentially temporal; that is, they require performance, which means they must be experienced in a fixed order and over a roughly fixed amount of time. Poetry, for instance, though often written down and thus seemingly a visual art, actually must be performed, even if the performance is only a silent reading to oneself.
A truly visual art form—for example, painting—is one in which time plays no essential role. Though it takes time to look at a painting, there is no fixed order in which one must look at its parts, and no fixed amount of time one must spend examining it. In contrast, most art forms, such as poetry and music, are essentially temporal; that is, they require performance, which means they must be experienced in a fixed order and over a roughly fixed amount of time. Poetry, for instance, though often written down and thus seemingly a visual art, actually must be performed, even if the performance is only a silent reading to oneself.
If the statements above are true, then on the basis of them which one of the following must be true?
Truly visual art forms do not essentially involve performance.
Poetry is less like music than it is like painting.
Spatiality and temporality are mutually exclusive components of art forms.
Art forms that must be examined for an extended period of time in order to be understood are essentially temporal.
Anything capable of being performed is either musical or poetic, or both musical and poetic.
Explanations
This isn't an argument—the author isn't trying to convince me of anything, just tell me some fun facts about art. That means I could only be asked a few different types of questions—MBT, MSS, paradox, or principle. I don't see any underlying justifications or mysteries, so it's almost definitely going to be a Must Be True question.
Based on these facts, I know that visual art isn't performative because time plays no role in it.
Turns out to be a Must Be True question, so I'm armed with a great prediction.
Let's go find it.
Yeah, totally. If truly visual art is not temporal, and performative art is temporal, then truly visual art is not performative, because they produce dissimilar results.
No. If anything, poetry is more like music than it is painting.
Nah, I have no evidence for this claim.
No, this is a trap. The "in order to be understood" bit disqualifies this answer. Our author doesn't specify understanding art as a criterion, so we can't pick this answer, even if one could argue it's implied.
Nah, our author doesn't lump all performative art into these categories, they just use these examples.
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