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The Board of Trustees of the Federici Art Museum has decided to sell [#permalink] New post   19 Nov 2018, 04:45
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The Board of Trustees of the Federici Art Museum has decided to sell some works from its collection in order to raise the funds necessary to refurbish its galleries. Although this may seem like a drastic remedy, the curator had long maintained that among the paintings that the late Ms. Federici collected for the museum were several unsuccessful immature works by Renoir and Cezanne that should be sold because they are of inferior quality and so add nothing to the overall quality of the museum’s collection. Hence, the board’s action will not detract from the museum’s collection.

The conclusion drawn depends on which one of the following assumption?


(A) Art speculators are unable to distinguish an inferior painting by Renoir from a masterpiece by him.

(B) All of the paintings that the board of trustee sells will be among those that the curator recommends selling.

(C) All of the paintings by Renoir and Cezanne that are owned by the Federici Art Museum were purchased by Ms. Federici herself.

(D) Only an avid collector of paintings by Cezanne would be willing to pay a high price for early works by this artist.

(E) A great work of art can be truly appreciated only if it is displayed in a carefully designed and well-maintained gallery.
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Re: The Board of Trustees of the Federici Art Museum has decided to sell [#permalink] New post   19 Nov 2018, 11:58
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The Board of Trustees of the Federici Art Museum has decided to sell some works from its collection in order to raise the funds necessary to refurbish its galleries. Although this may seem like a drastic remedy, the curator had long maintained that among the paintings that the late Ms. Federici collected for the museum were several unsuccessful immature works by Renoir and Cezanne that should be sold because they are of inferior quality and soadd nothing to the overall quality of the museum’s collection. Hence, the board’s action will not detract from the museum’s collection.

The conclusion drawn depends on which one of the following assumption?

(A) Art speculators are unable to distinguish an inferior painting by Renoir from a masterpiece by him.

(B) All of the paintings that the board of trustee sells will be among those that the curator recommends selling.

(C) All of the paintings by Renoir and Cezanne that are owned by the Federici Art Museum were purchased by Ms. Federici herself.

(D) Only an avid collector of paintings by Cezanne would be willing to pay a high price for early works by this artist.

(E) A great work of art can be truly appreciated only if it is displayed in a carefully designed and well-maintained gallery.


Idea of 2 groups/personnel are being considered -

1. Board of Trustees of the Federici Art Museum - To sell some of the collection
2. Curator of the museum - Some paintings collected by F. were unsuccessful and needed to be sold.

So, for the plan to be successful ( Selling some art work & Selling those art collection having insignificant value to the museum) must concur, if one of the idea deviates then the plan will not be successful.

None but (B) aptly points out the same elegently, hence Answer must be (B)
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The Board of Trustees of the Federici Art Museum has decided to sell [#permalink] New post   21 Nov 2018, 03:04
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The Board of Trustees of the Federici Art Museum has decided to sell some works from its collection in order to raise the funds necessary to refurbish its galleries. Although this may seem like a drastic remedy, the curator had long maintained that among the paintings that the late Ms. Federici collected for the museum were several unsuccessful immature works by Renoir and Cezanne that should be sold because they are of inferior quality and so add nothing to the overall quality of the museum’s collection. Hence, the board’s action will not detract from the museum’s collection.


Understand:
- Board : sell some work TO raise funds
-author's POV : this may seem like a drastic remedy BUT...
curator : among paintings collected by F , several were faulty and useless.
conclusion : Board's action (Selling the painting) , will not detract ( deprive/take away- i did not know the meaning but guessed from context) from museum collection.
COnclusion : Museum will not loose much of great quality if it sells the work
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The conclusion drawn depends on which one of the following assumption?

- ASSUMPTION

Think : Board is talking about selling some WORK . curator is talking about PAINTINGS.?? Do you see a pattern here?? classic -part to whole.
cocnlusion says museum will not loose anything of value! but what if paintings are not sold and something of value is ? or what if paintings and something of value is sold?? GAME OVER.
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(A) Art speculators are unable to distinguish an inferior painting by Renoir from a masterpiece by him.

- Art spectacular' judgement is irrelvant. Our motto is not loosing important work.
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(B) All of the paintings that the board of trustee sells will be among those that the curator recommends selling.

- THIS ensures that the work and the paintings are actually the same.
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(C) All of the paintings by Renoir and Cezanne that are owned by the Federici Art Museum were purchased by Ms. Federici herself.

- Again who purchased is not imprtant . Remember the moto.
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(D) Only an avid collector of paintings by Cezanne would be willing to pay a high price for early works by this artist.

-Who will purchase is irrelevant.
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(E) A great work of art can be truly appreciated only if it is displayed in a carefully designed and well-maintained gallery.

- GENERL statement. Place for appreciation is out of scope.
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Re: The Board of Trustees of the Federici Art Museum has decided to sell [#permalink] New post   04 Dec 2020, 05:19
Why is answer choice E incorrect?
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Re: The Board of Trustees of the Federici Art Museum has decided to sell [#permalink] New post   26 Jan 2024, 09:00
(A) Art speculators are unable to distinguish an inferior painting by Renoir from a masterpiece by him. (Incorrect: not relevant)
The argument is about the seller and the quality of the sale and the assumption is about classification but this option represents the point of viewers.

(B) All of the paintings that the board of trustee sells will be among those that the curator recommends selling. (Correct)
The assumption is removal of the painting will not affect the collection as they are not of superior quality and this option recommends the role of a curator who knows well about the quality hence it justifies the argument.

(C) All of the paintings by Renoir and Cezanne that are owned by the Federici Art Museum were purchased by Ms. Federici herself. (Incorrect: out of scope)
whoever purchases does not matter. The argument is about sales and revenue generation without hampering the quality.

(D) Only an avid collector of paintings by Cezanne would be willing to pay a high price for early works by this artist. (Incorrect: weaken)
This option hampers the revenue general as there is only one buyer

(E) A great work of art can be truly appreciated only if it is displayed in a carefully designed and well-maintained gallery. (Incorrect: out of scope)
Identification does not matter only assumption is a collection from low artwork  
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