LSAT PrepTest 120 - Section 2 - Passage 2 - Question 6

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The Cultural Revolution of 1966 to 1976, initiated by Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong in an attempt to reduce the influence of China's intellectual elite on the country's institutions, has had lasting repercussions on Chinese art. ███

Intro topic · China's Cultural Revolution and its impacts on Chinese art

Describe impacts · of Cultural Revolution on Chinese art

Censorship; art had to be politically focused and conform to Communist Party's ideology

Longer-term impacts · of Cultural Revolution on Chinese art

Artists reacted against the limitations imposed by the Cultural Revolution, leading to a flourishing of artistic movements after the Revolution

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Example of reactionary art · Scar Art emerged in response to Cultural Revolution

Painters trained in the "realist" style by the Communist Party were exiled, witnessed rural poverty, and depicted that poverty more honestly than communist-approved art did

Contrast · Scar Art and Revolutionary Realism

Communist-approved Revolutionary Realism focused on broad and impressive subject matter and portrayed communist society as perfect; Scar Art focused on specific and mundane subject matter and portrayed society's flaws

Later artistic developments · Scar Art declined, gave way to Native Soil movement

Native Soil art celebrated traditional (non-modernized) rural life

Contrast · Scar Art and Native Soil art

Scar Art depicted the damage caused by modernity on rural life; Native Soil art celebrated traditional rural life

Author's perspective · Native Soil art "trivialized" by trying to please Western observers

Negative outcome for Native Soil art

Passage Style

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Spotlight

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Main point

In a Spotlight passage, the author’s main point is what the author finds interesting, significant, or distinctive about the subject. Here, the subject is the impact of the Cultural Revolution on Chinese art. The author focuses on the way in which the Cultural Revolution caused art movements to flourish. Let’s look for a title that captures the idea that the Cultural Revolution affected Chinese art.

"Painting and Politics: █ ██████ ██ █████████ ██████████ ██ ████████████ ███████ ████

This doesn’t capture the passage’s focus on the impact of the Cultural Revolution on Chinese art. (A) concerns various influences on modern Chinese art, but doesn’t center on the Cultural Revolution and its impact on art.

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"How Two Movements ██ ███████ ████████ ███████████ ███ ████████ ███████████

The passage never discusses how movement in Chinese art transformed the Cultural Revolution. The passage concerns how the Cultural Revolution affected art.

"Scarred Reality: A ████ ████ ███████ █████ ████ ██ ███ ████ █████████ ████████

This is too narrowly focused on Scar Art. The passage is about more than just Scar Art or Chinese rural life.

"The Rise of ███████ ██ ███████████ ███ ██ ██████

This doesn’t capture the passage’s focus on the impact of the Cultural Revolution on art. Notice that it doesn’t even mention the Cultural Revolution or its role in the contributing to realist art movements.

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"The Unforeseen Artistic ██████ ██ ███████ ████████ ███████████

This is the best answer. The passage is focused on the impact of the Cultural Revolution on Chinese art, and (E) captures this focus. The “unforeseen legacy” refers to the ironic way in which the Cultural Revolution helped artistic movements flourish in reaction to the kind of art that was approved of during the Cultural Revolution.

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