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Only an effective collaboration between filmmakers and art historians can create films that will enhance viewers' perceptions of art. Filmmakers need to resist the impulse to move the camera quickly from detail to detail for fear of boring the viewer, to frame the image for the sake of drama alone, to add music for fear of silence. Filmmakers are aware that an art object demands concentration and, at the same time, are concerned that it may not be compelling enough—and so they hope to provide relief by interposing "real" scenes that bear only a tangential relationship to the subject. But a work of art needs to be explored on its own terms. On the other hand, art historians need to trust that one can indicate and analyze, not solely with words, but also by directing the viewer's gaze. The specialized written language of art history needs to be relinquished or at least tempered for the screen.

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According to the passage, art historians desiring to work with filmmakers to enhance the public's appreciation of art need to acknowledge which of the following?

  • A The art historian's role in the creation of a film on art is likely to be a relatively minor one.
  • B Film provides an ideal opportunity to acquaint viewers with a wide range of issues that relate incidentally to a work of art.
  • C An in-depth analysis of a work of art is not an appropriate topic for a film on art.
  • D Although silence may be an appropriate background when viewing a work of art in a museum, it is inappropriate in a film.
  • E Film can use nonverbal means to achieve some of the same results that a spoken or written discourse can achieve.

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