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The lecture argues that it is not the truth that Michelangelo created the Greek sculpture Laocoon by forging it. This contradicts the reading passage’s claim that the Laocoon is not the original Greek sculpture, but actually, a forgery carried out by Michelangelo. First of all, the speaker argues that Michelangelo does not forged daworks of Giuliano da Sangallo. The speaker explains that Giuliano Sangallo was actually a close friend of Michelangelo, not a rival. This casts doubt passage’s reading which states that Michelangelo might have forged Laoccon to fool rival, Giuliano da Sangallo. In addition, according to the speaker, Michelangelo was influenced by the Laocoon when he painted The Last Judgement. The speaker maintains that The Last Judgement was painted on years after the discovery of the Laocoon, therefore, the two artworks resembled each other. This rebuffs the reading passage’s assertion that Laocoon’s striking resemblance to a figure in Michelangelo’s painting proves it to be a forgery. The final point made by lecture is that forgery was and important issue to the buyer. The speaker says that if some works were known as a fake to a buyer, in extreme cases, the artist was put to death. This refutes the reading passage’s argument that forgery was a common artistic practice in the Renaissance. |