Question ID:PT70 S4 Q26 Passage:People may praise the talent of a painter capable of realistically portraying a scene and dismiss as artistically worthless the efforts of abstract expressionists, but obviously an exact replica of the scene depicted is not the only thing people appreciate in a painting, for otherwise photography would have entirely displaced painting as an art form. Stem:The argument proceeds by Correct Answer Choice:DChoice A:using a claim about what most people appreciate to support an aesthetic principle Choice B:appealing to an aesthetic principle to defend the tastes that people have Choice C:explaining a historical fact in terms of the artistic preferences of people Choice D:appealing to a historical fact to support a claim about people's artistic preferences Choice E:considering historical context to defend the artistic preferences of people