Art critic: Nowadays, museum visitors seldom pause to look at a work

Hi vaibhav1221

When critic makes a statement that "People have become less willing to engage with works of art than they once were" then there must be a reason behind it. Do you think critic might be thinking that these people who take snapshots might not look at them later and then he comes to a conclusion that these people have become less willing to engage in art?

Earlier people used to look at the art for longer and they showed interest by looking at the art for longer. Critic reaches a conclusion on measuring the time people spend looking at the art now a days.

Hence E should be the correct assumption in my opinion.

+1 - E.

Critic is trying to link time spent looking at art work with willingness to engage with art work. Therefore, he believes that is giving more time to look at an art work is a reliable measure.

Hi!
I guess you are right. E definitely looks better than D.

Art critic: Nowadays, museum visitors seldom pause to look at a work of art for even a full minute. They look, perhaps take a snapshot, and move on. This tells us something about how our relationship to art has changed over time. People have become less willing to engage with works of art than they once were.

(P)Visitors spent less time to look at artwork
(P)Visitors took snap shot & move on
(C)People in general -> less willing to engage with works of art than before.

After read the conclusion, I asked myself this question: "What in the world is causing people becoming less willing to engage with work of art?"

Quick glance at the summary again, I see that Premise is talking about "time looking at artwork" and the Conclusion is talking about "less willing to engage with work". Clearly, those two Boldface are NEW information in the conclusion and the premise respectively. This must be a "Supporter Assumption" question type. Hence, the correct answer choice will more than likely mention about those two.

The art critic's argument depends on the assumption that


How long do they spend on looking at each piece? Do they engage more or less with those artworks? (A) is out

Perhaps they take snapshots to look at them later on, spending more time on that art. Perhaps they are just like me leaving majority of the photos untouched. (B) is out.

Right, they would enjoy more if they took more time with each art work. But did they do so? (C) is out.

I think talk about this in (B). However, it is possible that the visitors spent enough time to engage with artworks, even though time amount is not much. Perhaps, the amount of time looking at the artwork is not important after all. Sometimes looking at an artwork for too long, for some people, might drive them crazy. (D) is out

This, similar to what we have discussed above, connects the rogue element of the Premise and Conclusion. It is also the only remaining answer choice. (E) is correct.

If we negate option E then it conclude that time spent is not measure of engagement with art work. Clearly, this breakdowns the argument.

Hence, Ans is option E

Hope it helps !

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