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by gunjan1208 » Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:04 pm
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?
A. Cézanne's work is highly controversial.
B. Cézanne was an early creator of abstract art.
C. Cézanne's work helped to develop modernism.
D. Modern art owes less to Cézanne than many experts believe.
E. Cézanne's work tends to be misinterpreted as modernist.

OA after some discussions.
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by sam2304 » Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:36 pm
IMO C.

A - highly controversial - very few experts rejects this opposite answer
B - Stated that twentieth century modernist creators of abstract art cezanne's art inspired
C - can be proved 100% - it inspired next gen artists and most experts believe that.
D E - not supported by the passage.
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by avik.ch » Fri Nov 04, 2011 3:33 am
IMO : B
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by vaibhavgupta » Fri Nov 04, 2011 4:09 am
gunjan1208 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?
A. Cézanne's work is highly controversial.
B. Cézanne was an early creator of abstract art.
C. Cézanne's work helped to develop modernism.
D. Modern art owes less to Cézanne than many experts believe.
E. Cézanne's work tends to be misinterpreted as modernist.

OA after some discussions.
IMO E :?
If OA is A, IMO B
If OA is B, IMO C
If OA is C, IMO D
If OA is D, IMO E
If OA is E, IMO A

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by vzzai » Fri Nov 04, 2011 4:14 am
IMO C
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by gunjan1208 » Fri Nov 04, 2011 4:19 am
OA is C
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by mankey » Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:11 am
How is OA-C? Please explain.

I was trying to select one from D and E.

Please help.

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by ranjeet75 » Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:23 am
Tough Question.

I could not guess on what line I should choose.

Experts please help.

A is out due to the use of the word "high controversial"
E is out because it says that "Cézanne's work tends to be misinterpreted as modernist" but most experts believes that it is true.
D is reverse of what stated.
B states that Cezanne is an early creator of abstract art but the premise says that "Cezanne's art inspired the modernist creator of abstract art.

But C is also confusing.

I don't see this question in GPrep. What is the source?
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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:40 am
gunjan1208 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?
A. Cézanne's work is highly controversial.
B. Cézanne was an early creator of abstract art.
C. Cézanne's work helped to develop modernism.
D. Modern art owes less to Cézanne than many experts believe.
E. Cézanne's work tends to be misinterpreted as modernist.

OA after some discussions.
Most experts believe that Cézanne himself was a modernist; a few disagree. But no one disputes the following: Cézanne's art inspired the next generation of...modernist creators of abstract art.

The statement above supports answer choice C: Cézanne's work helped to develop modernism.

The correct answer is C.
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by mankey » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:58 am
Dear Mitch

Thanks for replying. Why cant it be D?

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by mankey » Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:04 am
Why cant it be D? Please explain.

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by David@VeritasPrep » Sun Nov 13, 2011 3:44 pm
mankey -

It cannot be D because simply this is not supported by the statements above. As Mitch has quoted in his explanation for C "Cezanne's art inspired the next generation of modernist creators of abstract art."

While some people do not classify Cezanne as a modern artist - no where does it deny that Cezanne influenced and inspired modern art. For example, we could say that Gandhi was certainly not a member of the U.S. Civil Rights movement, yet it is also clear that that movement owes much to Gandhi. So Cezanne does not have to be "modern" in order for modern art to owe much to him.

But the larger point to takeaway is that this is an inference question and any answer choice that could be false can be eliminated. And D could be false because it is not discussed.

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by vaibhavgupta » Sun Nov 13, 2011 3:46 pm
can some one pls talk about option E
If OA is A, IMO B
If OA is B, IMO C
If OA is C, IMO D
If OA is D, IMO E
If OA is E, IMO A

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by David@VeritasPrep » Sun Nov 13, 2011 4:59 pm
Sure we can talk about E!

Remember that this is an inference question, so the correct answer is one that "must be true." So if any answer "could be false" then it can be eliminated.

Now we can see that choice E could definitely be false. E says "Cézanne's work tends to be misinterpreted as modernist." Now there are two things that need to be true here, we need to know that the work "tends" to be thought modernist. And we need to know that this is a "misinterpretation." We know that "most experts" think of Cezanne as an early modernist but this does not mean that "Cezanne's work tends" to be thought modernist. Experts are not the majority of the population.
Also, we do not know that this is a misinterpretation. We do not know from the argument that Cezanne is modernist or not modernist.

So choice E could be false because we do not know that most people believe he is modernist and we do not know that they are wrong.
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by tuanquang269 » Sun Nov 13, 2011 5:17 pm
Really tough question. Thank explanation of expert above. The right answer is C
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