Craft and StructureVery hardTwo texts on whether a painting is a self-portrait
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The painting is a self-portrait: the sitter holds a brush and looks directly at the viewer.
Text 2
Brush and gaze were conventions of the portrait trade; sitters who never painted were shown with brushes to flatter them. The artist's own account books record a fee paid by a client for this picture.
Based on the texts, how does Text 2 bear on the claim in Text 1?
- A. It undermines the claim by showing that the brush proves nothing and that a client paid for the picture.Correct
- B. It confirms the claim by identifying the artist.
- C. It shows that the sitter was a famous painter.
- D. It has no bearing, because it concerns a different painting.
Answer: A. It undermines the claim by showing that the brush proves nothing and that a client paid for the picture.
A convention, and a paying client.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It confirms the claim by identifying the artist.
- The artist's books point away from a self-portrait.
- C. It shows that the sitter was a famous painter.
- Text 2 says many sitters never painted.
- D. It has no bearing, because it concerns a different painting.
- The same picture.
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