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Problem

Text 1

Historians studying pre-Inca Peru have looked to ceramic vessels to understand daily life among the Moche people. These mold-made sculptures present plants, animals, and human faces in precise ways-vessels representing human faces are so detailed that scholars have interpreted facial markings to represent scars and other skin irregularities. Some historians have even used these objects to identify potential skin diseases that may have afflicted people at the time.

Text 2

Art historian and archaeologist Lisa Trever has argued that the interpretation of Moche “portrait” vessels as hyper-realistic portrayals of identifiable people may inadvertently disregard the creativity of the objects’ creators. Moche ceramic vessels, Trever argues, are artworks in which sculptors could free their imagination, using realistic objects and people around them as inspiration to explore more abstract concepts.

Based on the texts, what would Lisa Trever (Text 2) most likely say about the interpretation presented in the underlined portion of Text 1?

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Clue

Text 2 says Trever criticizes the idea that the vessels are “hyper-realistic portrayals of identifiable people.” Instead, she emphasizes the artists’ creativity and imagination.

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Sumup

Please summarize Problem, Hint, Clue

Choices

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Choice-A

Choice A is incorrect because neither text compares depictions of human faces to depictions of plants or animals, so there is no evidence that Trever would respond in this way.

Wrong Depictions of human faces are significantly more realistic than depictions of plants and other animals are.

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Choice-B

Choice B is incorrect because neither text suggests that the same individual was represented multiple times, so there is no basis for this interpretation.

Wrong It is likely that some depictions of human faces with extensive markings are intended to portray the same historical individual.

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Choice-C

Choice C is incorrect because neither text discusses whether the vessels were damaged or intact, so Trever would have no reason to respond in this way.

Wrong Some vessels may have been damaged during their excavation and thus provide little insight into Moche culture.

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Choice-D

Choice D is the best answer. Trever believes the “hyper-realistic” interpretation ignores the sculptors’ creativity, suggesting the facial markings were artistic features rather than actual blemishes.

Correct Markings on depictions of human faces are not necessarily intended to portray particular details about the physical appearance of individuals.

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Answer

Option

D

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Sumup

Please summarize choices