Q25

[lhermary]

Where does it say that the author views these depictions incorrectly?

Thanks

[ohthatpatrick]

The author's main purpose in this passage is to clarify the misconception of "the accepted view of Luminist paintings" (line 4). In the first paragraph, the accepted view is described from lines 4-11.

As the author begins her second paragraph, she says "What this view fails to do is identify the true significance ..."

Throughout the rest of the passage, the author supports her contention that Luminism was really expressing humans' control over nature and economic use of nature.

Meanwhile, the accepted view is that Luminism was "basically spiritual" and implied "a tranquil mysticism".

In the 3rd & 4th paragraph, the author uses an example of a Luminist artist (Lane) who was portrayed by the Accepted View as an artist concerned with spirituality. The author argues instead that Lane was an artist concerned with expanding trade / nature's humbled state.

By the way, LSAT passages often have the purpose of "Clarifying a Misconception" / "Setting the Record Straight". This is particularly true with Arts/Humanities passages. You'll typically see the author bring up some critic's opinion or the common interpretation of some artist only to disagree with that conventional opinion and supply the real way we should appreciate that artist.


Other answers ===
A) Both the Accepted View and the author's view appreciate the Luminists' treatment of light; each view interprets the light differently, but neither is "unimpressed"
B) a good trap answer. We know the author thinks Luminists showed nature as domesticated and tame. But it never said the Accepted View thinks the opposite. Instead, the Accepted View considers Luminist scenes to be 'spiritual and mystically tranquil'
D) this is opposite. The author would be more likely to use 'practical', whereas the Accepted View would say 'mystical'
E) Similar to (A), both the Accepted View and the author's view are concerned with subject matter and atmosphere/lighting. The two views only disagree in regards to how to interpret the subject matter / visuals.

Hope this helps.

[esthertan0310]

I refer to line 12-13: "What this view fails to do is to identify the true significance of this transcendental atmosphere in luminist paintings."

and line 16- 18: "the glowing appearance of nature in Luminism is actually a sign of nature's domestication, its adaptation to human use."

On linee 4-6, the author mentions that "the accepted view of Luminist paintings is that they are basically spiritual and imply a tranquil mysticism..."

That accepted view is then refuted by the author on lines 12-13.

This means, according to the author, a supporter of Luminism view thinks that the atmosphere in those paintings is spiritual and imply misticism while, again according to the author, the atmosphere is actually a sign of nature's domestication or a sign that the nature has been adapted to human use.

Therefore, according to the author, that supporter has incorrectly interpreted the Luminist description of nature (C).

I repeat the phrase "according to the author" as this is an important clue on which pont of view we should use to answer this question.