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Assertion A: The technique of art is to make objects "unfamiliar" to make forms difficult, to increase the difficulty and length of perception.

Reason R: The process of perception is an aesthetic end in itself and must be prolonged.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

1. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
2. Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
3. A is correct but R is not correct
4. A is not correct but R is correct

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Assertion A states that art's technique is to make objects 'unfamiliar', increasing difficulty and duration of perception.

Reason R explains that prolonging perception is an aesthetic end in itself.

R directly justifies why art makes forms difficult (to extend perception process).

Both A and R are correct, and R correctly explains A. Hence, option 1.
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