Though formerly

[akhp77]

Source: MGMAT Q Bank

Though formerly considered ill-formed and primitive, Henri Rousseau has become an iconic figure of Post-Impressionism for his dream-like canvases painted like he was naive.

A: Henri Rousseau has become an iconic figure of Post-Impressionism for his dream-like canvases painted like he was naive.
B: Henri Rousseau's canvases, painted in a naive, dream-like style, later established the artist as an icon of Post-Impressionism.
C: Henri Rousseau painted canvases in a naive, dream-like style that has become an icon of Post-Impressionism.
D: Henri Rousseau's canvases were painted in a naive, dream-like style that was later iconic of Post-Impressionism.
E: the canvases of Henri Rousseau are icons of Post-Impressionism due to being painted in a naive, dream-like style.

OA: B
I have eliminated A and C because of modifier issue. What about others?

[tim]

In D, the paintings were not later iconic of Post-Impressionism; they were iconic of that period when they were painted, even if it was only recognized as such at a later date..

In E, you would not talk of something being an icon "due to being" anything. The "being" in this case conveys a sense of present tense that we don't want. We should instead have something like "due to their having been"..

[contactshobhit]

In correct choice B, how do we break the sentence into S-V

Henri Rousseau's canvases, painted in a naive, dream-like style, later established the artist as an icon of Post-Impressionism

So main sentence is
Henri Rousseau's canvases later established the artist as an icon of Post-Impressionism

and "painted in a naive, dream-like style" is modifier.

Shouldn't we have "and" in list ...naive and dream-like ?

[contactshobhit]

Any expert comment or comments from fellow gmatters

[jnelson0612]

In correct choice B, how do we break the sentence into S-V

Henri Rousseau's canvases, painted in a naive, dream-like style, later established the artist as an icon of Post-Impressionism

So main sentence is
Henri Rousseau's canvases later established the artist as an icon of Post-Impressionism

and "painted in a naive, dream-like style" is modifier.

Shouldn't we have "and" in list ...naive and dream-like ?

The "canvases" are the subject and "established" is the verb.

We do not need an "and" between "naive, dream-like". Two adjectives with a comma between them followed by a noun are acceptable.

[peter_griffin]

B: Henri Rousseau's canvases, painted in a naive, dream-like style, later established the artist as an icon of Post-Impressionism.

Can "artist" refer back to "Henri Rousseau" . I thought when we have possessive like "Henri Rousseau's canvases" it cannot serve as an antecedent .

PL clarify.

[tim]

"artist" is not a pronoun. you cannot apply a pronoun rule to something that is not a pronoun..

[hiteshwd]

"artist" is not a pronoun. you cannot apply a pronoun rule to something that is not a pronoun..

The explaination given is as:

The original sentence begins with a modifier ("though formerly considered ill-formed and primitive") that logically addresses Rousseau's art, rather than Rousseau himself, as the original sentence states. Moreover, the use of "like" in the phrase "painted like he was naive" is incorrect; correct usage might be "as if he was naive" (although this is only one way to correct the sentence).

Just wanted to confirm, whether "as if he was naive" would have been correct or "as if he were naive"

[tim]

"were" is preferred here, as we are dealing with the subjunctive..

[RahulB486]

Hi,
I have a couple of questions about the correct answer which reads:
"Though formerly considered ill-formed and primitive, Henri Rousseau's canvases, painted in a naive, dream-like style, later established the artist as an icon of Post-Impressionism."

The main clause as mentioned in the thread above is "H R's canvases established...". Isn't a comma -ed word, like a comma-ing word, an adverbial modifier. In this case ",painted in a naive , dream like style" is modifying just the noun H R's canvases and not the entire clause. Therefore isn't the use of a comma-ed modifier incorrect? Shouldn't it read something like:
"Though formerly considered ill-formed and primitive, Henri Rousseau's canvases, which were painted in a naive, dream-like style, later established the artist as an icon of Post-Impressionism."?

Thanks