LSAT 115 – Section 4 – Question 16

LSAT 115 - Section 4 - Question 16

December 2002

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT115 S4 Q16
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
A
7%
158
B
13%
159
C
56%
164
D
7%
157
E
16%
157
147
159
171
 +Harder 146.173 +SubsectionMedium

Cézanne’s art inspired the next generation of artists, twentieth-century modernist creators of abstract art. While most experts rank Cézanne as an early modernist, a small few reject this idea. Françoise Cachin, for example, bluntly states that such an ascription is “overplayed,” and says that Cézanne’s work is “too often observed from a modern point of view.”

Summary
Cezanne’s work inspired twentieth-century modernist abstract artists. Most experts categorize Cezanne as an early modernist. Some say Cezanne was not an early modernist. Cachin says that Cezanne’s work is too often viewed from a modernist point of view.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
Cezanne’s work inspired modernist art. Some experts disagree about whether Cezanne was an early modernist himself.

A
Cézanne’s work is highly controversial.
This is unsupported because the debate is over how to categorize Cezanne, not over Cezanne’s work. Also, a few dissenters doesn’t support the notion of Cezanne being highly controversial.
B
Cézanne was an early creator of abstract art.
This is unsupported because there is disagreement regarding whether Cezanne was a creator of abstract art, and this question has not been resolved by the stimulus.
C
Cézanne’s work helped to develop modernism.
This is supported because the first sentence states that Cezanne inspired early modernists. While there is disagreement as to whether Cezanne was a modernist, there is no disagreement over whether Cezanne inspired other modernists.
D
Modern art owes less to Cézanne than many experts believe.
This is unsupported because the experts don’t disagree over how much modern art owes to Cezanne.
E
Cézanne’s work tends to be misinterpreted as modernist.
This is unsupported because some people say that Cezanne’s work is in fact modernist, and the author doesn’t help us determine whether those people are right or wrong.

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