LSAT 104 – Section 1 – Question 05

LSAT 104 - Section 1 - Question 05

December 1998

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PT104 S1 Q05
+LR
Strengthen +Streng
Causal Reasoning +CausR
Link Assumption +LinkA
A
1%
162
B
1%
163
C
96%
168
D
2%
163
E
0%
135
120
127
140
 +Easiest 149.106 +SubsectionMedium

During the 1980s, Japanese collectors were very active in the market for European art, especially as purchasers of nineteenth-century Impressionist paintings. This striking pattern surely reflects a specific preference on the part of many Japanese collectors for certain aesthetic attributes they found in nineteenth-century Impressionist paintings.

Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis
The author concludes that Japanese art collectors in the 1980s had a preference for certain aesthetic attributes in nineteenth-century Impressionist paintings. This is because Japanese art collectors were very active purchasing such paintings in the 1980s.

Notable Assumptions
The author assumes that Japanese collectors bought nineteenth-century Impressionist paintings in the 1980s out of aesthetic preference, rather than because of other forces, such as market forces. Perhaps these collectors believed such paintings would rise in value over the next decade and planned to sell later on, or perhaps those collectors had some academic interest in the paintings.

A
Impressionist paintings first became popular among art collectors in Europe at the beginning of the twentieth century.
We don’t care what European art collectors in the early twentieth century think of Impressionism. We’re talking about Japanese collectors, and we have no reason to connect the two groups.
B
During the 1980s, the Japanese economy underwent a sustained expansion that was unprecedented in the country’s recent history.
This doesn’t tell us anything about why Japanese collectors were so interested in nineteenth-century Impressionism.
C
Several nineteenth-century Impressionist painters adopted certain techniques and visual effects found in Japanese prints that are highly esteemed in Japan.
Japanese collectors’ tastes were influenced by their aesthetic milieu. Since esteemed Japanese prints share features with nineteenth-century Impressionist paintings, Japanese collectors gravitated towards these paintings on aesthetic grounds.
D
During the 1960s and 1970s, the prices of nineteenth-century Impressionist paintings often exceeded the prices of paintings by older European masters.
We don’t care about the 1960s and 1970s. We’re talking about Japanese collectors in the 1980s, so trends in earlier decades aren’t relevant here.
E
During the 1980s, collectors from Japan and around the world purchased many paintings and prints by well-known twentieth-century Japanese artists.
We don’t care about twentieth-century Japanese artists. We’re interested in nineteenth-century Impressionism and Japanese collectors.

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