Critical Reasoning

We commonly speak of aesthetic judgments as subjective, and in the short term they are, since critics often disagree about the value of a particular contemporary work of art. But over time, the subjective element disappears. When works of art have continued to delight audiences for centuries, as have the paintings of Michelangelo, the music of Bach, and the plays of Shakespeare, we can objectively call them great.
The statements above best support which of the following conclusions?
(A) When Michelangelo, Bach, and Shakespeare were alive, critics disagreed about the value of their work.
(B) The value of a contemporary work of art cannot be objectively measured.
(C) The reputation of a work of art often fluctuates greatly from one generation to the next.
(D) The mere fact that a work of art has endured for centuries does not establish its greatness.
(E) If critics agree about the value of a particular cotemporary work of art, then the work can objectively be called great.

I vote for D.

"When works of art have continued to delight audiences for centuries...we can objectively call them great." is playing the evidence of "But over time, the subjective element disappears. "

We can say it is not long time span that make the greatness of the work (There might be other reasons, like the objective comments on its characters), because time span is not going to serve as a reason why the subjective elements disappears.

pandeyvineet24 wrote:We commonly speak of aesthetic judgments as subjective, and in the short term they are, since critics often disagree about the value of a particular contemporary work of art. But over time, the subjective element disappears. When works of art have continued to delight audiences for centuries, as have the paintings of Michelangelo, the music of Bach, and the plays of Shakespeare, we can objectively call them great.
The statements above best support which of the following conclusions?
(A) When Michelangelo, Bach, and Shakespeare were alive, critics disagreed about the value of their work.
(B) The value of a contemporary work of art cannot be objectively measured.
(C) The reputation of a work of art often fluctuates greatly from one generation to the next.
(D) The mere fact that a work of art has endured for centuries does not establish its greatness.
(E) If critics agree about the value of a particular cotemporary work of art, then the work can objectively be called great.

I think this question is best answered by this post from Stacey

https://www.beatthegmat.com/1000crgmatm- ... t1796.html


otherwise I found A or B to be the only 2 which were reasonably close

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Option A - the author cities the names of these three artists as examples for works of art have continued to delight audiences for centuries. So no conclusion can be made bout A

Option B - 'We commonly speak of aesthetic judgments as subjective, and in the short term they are,' Thus B is true

Rest of the options can easily be eliminated

Answer choice 'B' seems best and tackles a brazen assumption. I eliminated C,D,E and at first was going to choose A but realized B applies much better to the scope of the passage and the details of the actual argument with the words subjective vs. objective.

The conclusion: "When works of art have continued to delight audiences for centuries, ... we can objectively call them great."

The assumptions: there are no other reasons a painting is great, all old paintings that are liked today are great, no new modern paintings are great instead the are only great after standing the test of time

Eliminated C, D, E

B- The value of a contemporary work of art cannot be objectively measured
The argument does not say this "cannot" determined....it simply says that judgments on value are subjective...but in the "short term"

A) When Michelangelo, Bach, and Shakespeare were alive, critics disagreed about the value of their work....is supported by the the second part of the first sentence "critics often disagree........"

I go with A