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The reading passage contends that the Lascoon is actually a forgery carried out by Michelangelo by three reasons. On the contrary, the speaker in the lecture brings up several points that make a counterargument to the reading.
First of all, the reading passage maintains that Michelangelo might have forged the Laocoon was to fool his rival, Giuliano da Sangallo. However, the lecturer refutes on this reading's assertion that Michelangelo was not forged the Laocoon. Because Sangallo was his friend, not a rival, he did not invite Michelangelo to trick.
Next, according to the reading, the Laocoon resembles strikly to a figure in Michelangelo's painting. In contrary, the speaker in the lecture casts doubt on this reason in the reading that there is not any similarityon those.
The final point made by the reading is that the forgery was a common and accepted artistic parctice during the age of Renaissance. On the contrast, it is accentuated in the lecture that it is not athentic though forgery is true for replication. It is different to forgery to make people tricked, and reality for forgery is an extreme case.
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