The passage provides the most support for which one of the following statements about art?
Aidyn-Carlsonon May 27, 2019
Hi I was stuck between a and b
I think a ends up being right because the author intended the harmonious sensations to be applied only to perfume and doesn't say that art also is a combination of harmonious sensations?
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Happy to help. Let's look at (A) and (B). We're looking for the answer choice that the passage provides the most support for.
(B) says, "In any work of art, one can detect the harmonious combination of many small sensations."
In the passage, the author states that talented perfume makers can make great perfumes that have a number of many small sensations, but the author also admits that sometimes these combinations of sensations are discordant, lacking harmony (lines 29 to 33). From this, we know that not all perfumes have a harmonious combination of small sensations, so we know for sure that not all works of art feature harmonious combinations of small sensations. Thus, (B) is not something that's supported by the passage, so it's out.
(A) says, "A work of art can bring about an aesthetic experience through the memories that it evokes."
At the end of the third paragraph, the author makes the claim that music, painting, and perfume all create aesthetic value in their ability to devise imaginary worlds that call on our capacity to discover a memory of childhood or long-forgotten experience (lines 37 to 43). This is basically saying that great forms of art have the ability to evoke memories in people, and this is precisely what (A) is saying. Thus, (A) is supported by the passage and is the correct answer choice.
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