Questions 1 and 2 are based on this passage
Writings by Renaissance artists are often prized for the light they can shed on artists’ lives and personalities. Despite their nearly equal life spans and impressive artistic output, Michelangelo, whose surviving writings are copious, is accessible in a way that Donatello is not. Other artists now less appreciated for their oeuvres, such as Cennino Cennini, are of greater value to modern historians for their written than for their painted output. The great paradox, however, is Leonardo da Vinci, who left thousands of pages of writing. These texts have been categorized for study, segmenting his body of writings into smaller groupings on subjects such as painting, science, anatomy, optics, and engineering. Yet despite the exhaustive application of this method, Leonardo, as an individual, remains thoroughly obscure.
Which of the following best characterizes the function of the highlighted sentence?
It acknowledges an important exception to a particular generalization.
It helps to account for a scholarly tendency mentioned earlier in the passage.
It contrasts two kinds of evidence used in the study of Renaissance artists.
It provides an illustration of a point articulated in the preceding sentence.
It notes an important distinction between the reputations of two Renaissance artists.
Select one answer choice.

