Anthropologists maintain that there is more to art than an attempt to express oneself. What other feature is characteristic of art?
A) It holds cultural meaning.
B) It marks the social status of the maker.
C) It is expensive to own and display.
D) It shows mastery of a skill.

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Anthropologists believe that art serves a cultural function by communicating messages, values, and beliefs that are important to a particular society. While the other options may be true in some cases, they do not constitute a fundamental characteristic of art, as cultural meaning does.

Anthropologists Maintain That There Is More to Art Than an Attempt