While preparing a presentation on Renaissance painting pigments, a student took the following notes:
* Ultramarine was a blue pigment made from lapis lazuli, a semi-precious stone imported to Europe from Afghanistan.
* Because of its scarcity, ultramarine was extremely expensive, but its brilliant blue color was highly durable and did not fade.
* Smalt was a blue pigment produced in Europe by grinding glass colored with cobalt oxide.
* Smalt was inexpensive and widely accessible, but its color was prone to fading and turning gray over time.
The student wants to contrast ultramarine and smalt in terms of their cost and durability. Which choice most effectively uses information from the given notes to accomplish this goal?
- While the highly durable ultramarine was extremely expensive due to its scarcity, smalt was inexpensive and widely accessible but prone to fading over time.Cevap
- BAlthough both ultramarine and smalt were popular blue pigments, ultramarine was extremely expensive due to its scarcity, while smalt was cheap and widely available.
- CUltramarine was a highly durable blue pigment that did not fade, whereas smalt was a less stable pigment whose color was prone to turning gray over time.
- DWhile smalt was an expensive but durable pigment made from cobalt glass, ultramarine was an inexpensive option that was prone to fading.
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While the highly durable ultramarine was extremely expensive due to its scarcity, smalt was inexpensive and widely accessible but prone to fading over time.
The correct answer effectively contrasts both the cost and durability of the two pigments. It accurately presents ultramarine as expensive and durable, and contrasts it with smalt, which is described as inexpensive but prone to fading.
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Rhetorical Synthesis: Comparison and Contrast