Critical Reasoning

atulmangal wrote: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." Which one of the following statements is most strongly supported by the information above?

Testluv wrote:The first sentence of the passage tells us that Cezanne inspired modernism. But the second sentence merely relates what experts think. If expert thinks "x", then it must be true that expert infers x but we cannot infer x itself.

If choice B were false however, would the first sentence of the passage survive?....if you judge not, then what does that mean about choice B?...

If expert thinks "x", then it must be true that expert infers x but we cannot infer x itself.

rohu27 wrote:I will go wth C.

A. Cézanne's work is highly controversial.
Besides being too extreme, no were the passage mentions C's work is controversial. his modernist theory is challenged, thts it.
B. Cézanne was an early creator of abstract art.
while the passage says he was a modernist creators of abstract art - this cant be interpreted as the early creators. he was just the modern ones
C. Cézanne's work helped to develop modernism.
this supports the first lines of the para. C inspired 20th century modernist creators.now he inspired the creators, so they must have applied the theory to modernism which in turn helped to develop modernism. this may seem like taking it bit too far, but out of all options this is best.
D. Modern art owes less to Cézanne than many experts believe.
no mention of this, infact contradicts the above
E. Cézanne's work tends to be misinterpreted as modernist.
FC challeneges it by saying it is overplayed but not completely misinterpreted.

Testluv wrote:

rohu27 wrote:I will go wth C.

C. Cézanne's work helped to develop modernism.
this supports the first lines of the para. C inspired 20th century modernist creators.now he inspired the creators, so they must have applied the theory to modernism which in turn helped to develop modernism. this may seem like taking it bit too far, but out of all options this is best.
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Hi Rohu,

plese refer to the portion I have emboldened above. Note that we are looking for an answer choice that is supported by the passage above rather than an answer choice that supports the passage.

It is common to mix up inference with strengthen questions. Ask yourself: what is the direction of support? From the passage to the choices or from the choices to the passage? If it is from the passage to the choices, then it is inference. If it is from the choices to the passage, then it is strengthen.

Testluv wrote:

rohu27 wrote:I will go wth C.
C. Cézanne's work helped to develop modernism.
this supports the first lines of the para. C inspired 20th century modernist creators.now he inspired the creators, so they must have applied the theory to modernism which in turn helped to develop modernism. this may seem like taking it bit too far, but out of all options this is best.

Hi TestLuv ,please consider the following line.

Cézanne's art inspired the next generation of artists, twentieth-century modernist creators of abstract art.

The line says modernist creators of abstract art.
The line seems to imply that creators were already modernist before they were inspired by Cezanne's art .Doesnt this mean that the creators were inspired to apply the theory that they gathered from Cezannes works to Abstract Art.

sanabk wrote:IMO: A

Answer should be a conclusion as the question is "Which one of the following statements is most strongly supported by the information above?"

Most experts rank Cez as an early modernist and few experts reject this idea. Yadda Yadda Yadda...

Best!!!