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The following passage is adapted from an 1850 essay discussing the emergence of the daguerreotype.

For all their mechanical precision, these new silver-plate images offer a curious bargain to the observer. Where the portrait painter once labored to extract a likeness that spoke to the sitter’s inner character, the daguerreotype acts as a cold, unblinking eye, recording with equal and indifferent intensity the lace of a collar and the sorrow of a brow. Proponents of the new medium celebrate this absolute fidelity, crowning it the ultimate triumph of objective science. Yet, in this relentless replication of surface detail, one cannot help but feel a certain bereavement. The camera does not choose; it merely accumulates. It gives us the world as it is, stripped of the clarifying filters of human memory and artistic discretion. Consequently, we are left with images that are undeniably accurate, yet strangely hollow—visual autopsies of moments that have passed, preserved in sterile perfection.

Which of the following best describes the author���s attitude toward the "absolute fidelity" celebrated by proponents of the daguerreotype?

  1. A
    enthusiastic endorsement of the technology's potential to revolutionize the visual arts
  2. tempered skepticism regarding its artistic value compared to traditional portraitureCevap
  3. C
    hostile rejection of the scientific claims made about its objectivity
  4. D
    indifferent neutrality toward the aesthetic impact of the new medium

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tempered skepticism regarding its artistic value compared to traditional portraiture
The correct answer is correct because the author's reaction to the daguerreotype is characterized by a balance of acknowledging its accuracy and noting its artistic limitations. By contrasting the photographer's 'cold, unblinking eye' with the portrait painter's labor to capture 'inner character,' and by calling the resulting images 'strangely hollow' despite being 'undeniably accurate,' the author exhibits skepticism about the true artistic value of absolute fidelity without completely rejecting the medium's technical capabilities.

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1
Locate where the proponents' view of the daguerreotype's 'absolute fidelity' is introduced.
The text states that proponents 'celebrate this absolute fidelity, crowning it the ultimate triumph of objective science.'
This establishes the target perspective that the question asks the student to analyze.
2
Identify the author's counter-perspective or transition in the sentence immediately following the mention of the proponents' view.
The author uses the transition word 'Yet' to introduce a contrast: 'Yet, in this relentless replication of surface detail, one cannot help but feel a certain bereavement.'
This transition signals a shift from the proponents' celebration to the author's own critical stance.
3
Analyze the specific word choices the author uses to describe the results of this fidelity.
The author describes the camera as a 'cold, unblinking eye' and the resulting images as 'undeniably accurate, yet strangely hollow' and 'preserved in sterile perfection.'
These descriptions show that while the author accepts the physical accuracy of the images, the author remains skeptical of their artistic and emotional value when compared to traditional portraiture that captures 'inner character.'
4
Match the analyzed tone to the choices.
The tone is best described as tempered skepticism because the author acknowledges the precision but laments the loss of the human element, which directly corresponds to the correct option.
This step finalizes the selection of the correct option based on textual evidence.

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