Venetian Renaissance-Veritas CR 2

[Acorn]

The Venetian painter Vittore Carpaccio used sumptuous reds in most of his paintings. Since the recently discovered Venetian Renaissance painting Erato Declaiming contains notable sumptuous reds, it is probably by Carpaccio.

Which one of the following contains a pattern of flawed reasoning most similar to that in the argument above ?

A. Most Renaissance painters worked in a single medium, either tempera or oil. Since the Renaissance painting Calypso's Bower is in oil, its painter probably always used oil.

B. In Italian Renaissance painting, the single most common subject was the Virgin and Child, so the single most common subject in Western art probably is also Virgin and Child.

C. Works of art in the Renaissance were ,mostly commissioned by patrons, so the Renaissance work The Dances of Terpsichore was probably commissioned by a patron.

D. The anonymous painting St. Sebastian is probably an early Florentine painting since it is in Tempera, and most early Florentine paintings were in Tempera.

E. Since late-Renaissance paintings were mostly in oil, the Venetian late-Renaissance painter Arnoldi,whose works are now lost, probably painted in oil.


[spoiler]
Confused between D and E.[/spoiler]

[badpoem]

The structure is : B had A. Now since something has A, it is B

A. Most Renaissance painters worked in a single medium, either tempera or oil. Since the Renaissance painting Calypso's Bower is in oil, its painter probably always used oil. --> No way, pretty obvious.

B. In Italian Renaissance painting, the single most common subject was the Virgin and Child, so the single most common subject in Western art probably is also Virgin and Child. --> Again pretty obvious.

C. Works of art in the Renaissance were ,mostly commissioned by patrons, so the Renaissance work The Dances of Terpsichore was probably commissioned by a patron. --> No.

D. The anonymous painting St. Sebastian is probably an early Florentine painting since it is in Tempera, and most early Florentine paintings were in Tempera. --> Florentine paintings were in Tempera (B had A). Now St. Sebastian is in tempera. So it must be a Florentine painting (C has A. So it is B) --> Perfect fit, ain't it?

E. Since late-Renaissance paintings were mostly in oil, the Venetian late-Renaissance painter Arnoldi,whose works are now lost, probably painted in oil. --> B had A. Now something is lost (extra factor) so it has A. No because:
1) Renaissance painter is perhaps the confusing element but we are not concerned about the works of a Renaissance painter. At max we could have been interested in one of his paintings.
2) there is a slight hint of an assumption when we talk about Renaissance painters and not about Renaissance paintings.
3) lost is an extra element.
Does this help?

[navami]

D

[navami]

Looks like LSAT Question

[gmatclubmember]

C. Works of art in the Renaissance were ,mostly commissioned by patrons, so the Renaissance work The Dances of Terpsichore was probably commissioned by a patron.

Works of art were 'mostly' (But not all) were commissioned by Patrons. So we cannot say that the Dances of Terpischore was commissioned by a patron.

C would be the answer.

[GmatKiss]

How is B eliminated!

TIA,
GK

[badpoem]

In Italian Renaissance painting, the single most common subject was the Virgin and Child, so the single most common subject in Western art probably is also Virgin and Child.

If you follow the original structure --> B had A. Now since something has A, it is B

and compare it to that of (B) --> Italian Renaissance painting (B) had the Virgin and Child (A). So Western art (something) has A too.

The part - since something has A, it is B. --> does not match.

Am I clear? I hope so!

[GmatKiss]

In Italian Renaissance painting, the single most common subject was the Virgin and Child, so the single most common subject in Western art probably is also Virgin and Child.

If you follow the original structure --> B had A. Now since something has A, it is B

and compare it to that of (B) --> Italian Renaissance painting (B) had the Virgin and Child (A). So Western art (something) has A too.

The part - since something has A, it is B. --> does not match.

Am I clear? I hope so!

Yes! It is indeed clear thank a lot

Regards,
GK

[B166418]

OA Please

[gunjan1208]

D. The pattern matches If A the B, If B then A. Just that B is placed earlier unlike the quoted argument.

OA please?

[vzzai]

Confusing for me!. IMO D. OA please.