Read this paragraph, then choose the correct ending for the sentence below.Ever since its debut at the Paris Salon of 1882, art historians have produced reams of books and journal articles disputing the positioning of the barmaid and patron in A Bar at the Folies. Some have even conducted staged representations of the painting in order to ascertain whether Manet’s seemingly distorted point of view might have been possible after all. Yet while academics are understandably drawn to the compositional enigma of the painting, the layperson is always likely to see the much simpler, more human story beneath. No doubt this is the way Manet would have wanted it.Academics have re-constructed the painting in real life because they
A.
wanted to find out if the painting’s perspective was realistic
B.
felt they had to work very hard at boring and difficult jobs
C.
wanted to understand the lives of ordinary people at the time
D.
felt like they had to become different people
E.
wanted to manipulate our sense of reality
F.
wanted to focus on the detail in the painting