Interpreting Art Versus Reality
The statement "for a young man paying a call in a tail-coat is in a different element altogether from a head seized at its climax of expressiveness, gazing immutably from behind a sheet of glass" (lines 9-12) suggests that
A
paintings are more dynamic than living people
B
paintings are based on real people
C
figures in paintings are more expressive than living people
D
it is easier to gaze at paintings than to entertain guests
E
it is easier to interpret paintings than to understand people