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PROFESSOR: 'In art conservation, the restoration of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes sparked fierce internatio

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Audio Transcript Excerpt:
PROFESSOR: 'In art conservation, the restoration of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes sparked fierce international debate. For centuries, viewers admired Michelangelo for his somber, shadowy palette—what critics called his austere 'terribilità.' But when conservators removed layers of soot, oxidized animal glue, and candle tallow, they revealed shockingly brilliant pastel hues—electric yellows, bright violets, and vivid pinks.'
[Audio Replay Excerpt: 'Some traditionalist art historians were so horrified by the candy-colored vibrancy that they accused the restoration team of stripping away Michelangelo's deliberate glazing. In essence, they had fallen in love with five hundred years of candle soot and called it genius!']

What is the professor's attitude toward the traditionalist critics who opposed the restoration?

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Derisive of their refusal to accept that the dark palette was merely accumulated grime rather than the artist's original vision.

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Sympathetic to their desire to preserve fragile historic soot deposits.

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Indifferent to artistic aesthetics compared to the chemical analysis of pigments.

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Convinced that the restoration team did indeed destroy Michelangelo's intended shadows.

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