Q16 - Cézanne's art inspired the next

[opulence2001]

Could someone explain why C is the correct answer for this one please bc I think the introduction of Cachin's position throws off the argument.
From what I read it says that most experts say this and Cachin says what experts say is overplayed. I'm not too sure what woudl support the above statements when they appear to conflict.

[giladedelman]

Thanks for posting!

The claim that Cachin disagrees with is that Cézanne was a modernist. However, the first sentence of the stimulus tells us -- as fact, not someone's opinion -- that "Cézanne's art inspired ... twentieth-century modernist creators of abstract art." So we have firm evidence that Cézanne influenced the development of modernism, even if there's disagreement about whether he himself should be considered a modernist.

So (C) is correct: the first statement supports the idea that he helped develop modernism.

(A) is incorrect because we have no idea whether his work is controversial. We know some people disagree about him, but does that mean his work is "highly controversial"? What does that even mean?

(B) is out because the stimulus doesn't say whether Cézanne created abstract art.

(D) is incorrect because we don't know exactly how much to credit Cézanne relative to most experts.

(E) expresses Cachin's view, but we have no way of determining whether he's correct.

Does that clear this one up for you?

[patrice.antoine]

"Inspiring modernist creators of abstract art" somehow means the same thing as "develop modernism"? Would an instructor please explain.

[WaltGrace1983]

"Inspiring modernist creators of abstract art" somehow means the same thing as "develop modernism"? Would an instructor please explain.

I would actually say that, as you wrote it, it does sound a little off. However, the answer choice is actually saying that "Cezanne's work helped to develop modernism." This is a pretty critical distinction because developing something and helping to develop something IS a big difference.

What do we know? We know that Cezanne's art (his work) inspired the next generation of artists. Who are these next generation artists? They were 20th century modernists who created abstract art. If these artists who created modernist art were inspired by Cezanne, we could probably say that Cezanne had a part - if even a little part - of helping to develop modernism. (C) is not completely supported; it is not 100% fact. However, it is most strongly supported from the answer choices given.

I picked (E) but I realize now why its wrong. Cachin says that Cezanne is not an early modernist. Cachin thinks that people often view Cezanne's art from a modern point of view. Now (E) says that "Cezanne's work tends to misinterpreted as modernist." The problem is that Cachin may not be right. In fact, if "most experts" believe him to be wrong, we might even venture to say that Cachin is most likely wrong! Thus, while (E) is certainly tempting, it stretches a little bit too far.

(E) would have been right if it swapped "misinterpreted" for simply "interpreted," no?

[YurikaC738]

"Inspiring modernist creators of abstract art" somehow means the same thing as "develop modernism"? Would an instructor please explain.

I would actually say that, as you wrote it, it does sound a little off. However, the answer choice is actually saying that "Cezanne's work helped to develop modernism." This is a pretty critical distinction because developing something and helping to develop something IS a big difference.

What do we know? We know that Cezanne's art (his work) inspired the next generation of artists. Who are these next generation artists? They were 20th century modernists who created abstract art. If these artists who created modernist art were inspired by Cezanne, we could probably say that Cezanne had a part - if even a little part - of helping to develop modernism. (C) is not completely supported; it is not 100% fact. However, it is most strongly supported from the answer choices given.

I picked (E) but I realize now why its wrong. Cachin says that Cezanne is not an early modernist. Cachin thinks that people often view Cezanne's art from a modern point of view. Now (E) says that "Cezanne's work tends to misinterpreted as modernist." The problem is that Cachin may not be right. In fact, if "most experts" believe him to be wrong, we might even venture to say that Cachin is most likely wrong! Thus, while (E) is certainly tempting, it stretches a little bit too far.

(E) would have been right if it swapped "misinterpreted" for simply "interpreted," no?

Even with the swap E will still be wrong. E mentions "tends", which means usually, which is not correct based on the passage.