Self-study
To classify a work of art as truly great, it is necessary that the work have both originality and far-reaching influence upon the artistic community.
Summary
If artwork is truly great → originality AND far-reaching influence on artistic community
NO originality OR NO far-reaching influence on artistic community → NOT truly great
Find or Complete the Application
The correct answer will either:
Conclude that an artwork is NOT truly great, premises establish that it doesn’t have originality OR doesn’t have far-reaching influence on artistic community
OR
Conclude that an artwork has originality and/or far-reaching influence on artistic community, premises establish that artwork is truly great
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a
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Unreachable conclusion. (A)’s conclusion is that an artwork is truly great. But the principle does not allow us to prove that an artwork is truly great. (It tells us what’s NECESSARY for an artwork to be truly great. So we can conclude that an artwork is NOT truly great. But we can’t use the principle to conclude that an artwork IS truly great.)
b
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The premise of (B) establishes that the art does not have far-reaching influence upon the artistic community (because the works have “only minor influence”). The principle allows us to conclude that this art is not truly great.
c
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Unreachable conclusion. (C)’s conclusion is that an artwork is truly great. But the principle does not allow us to prove that an artwork is truly great. (It tells us what’s NECESSARY for an artwork to be truly great. So we can conclude that an artwork is NOT truly great. But we can’t use the principle to conclude that an artwork IS truly great.)
d
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Unreachable conclusion. The principle allows us to conclude that a work IS original, as long as we know as a premise that the artwork is truly great. But (D) concludes that an art is NOT original. (If you think (D) is supported by the principle, you’re confusing sufficient and necessary conditions of the principle.)
e
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The principle does not allow us to conclude that truly great artworks have “broad popular appeal.”