A museum has been offered an undocumented statue, supposedly Greek and from sixth century B.C. Possibly the statue is genuine but undocumented because it was recently unearthed or because it has been privately owned. However, an ancient surface usually has uneven weathering, whereas the surface of this statue has the uniform quality characteristically produced by a chemical bath used by forgers to imitate a weathered surface. Therefore, the statue is probably aforgery.
We have a statue that came with no documents. It's apparently Greek and from the 500s. That being said, it could be real and was found not too long ago or because it was in someone's private collection. The problem is that USUALLY the surface of a very old statue has some uneven weathering... but this one has a UNIFORM surface that comes from the chemicals forgers use. It's why this statue is probably a fake.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
(A) Museums can accept a recently unearthed
...
We have a statue that came with no documents. It's apparently Greek and from the 500s. That being said, it could be real and was found not too long ago or because it was in someone's private collection. The problem is that USUALLY the surface of a very old statue has some uneven weathering... but this one has a UNIFORM surface that comes from the chemicals forgers use. It's why this statue is probably a fake.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
(A) Museums can accept a recently unearthed
...
Statistics : Posted by GmatKnightTutor • on 06 Mar 2010, 05:38 • Replies 13 • Views 24240
