Cezanne's art inspired the next generation of artists, twentieth-century modernist creators of abstract art. While most experts rank Cezanne as an early modernist, a small few reject this idea. Francoise Cachin, for example, bluntly states that such an ascription is "overplayed", and says that Cezanne'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. Cezanne's work is highly controversial.
B. Cezanne was an early creator of abstract art.
C. Cezanne's work helped to develop modernism.
D. Modern art owes less to Cezanne than many experts believe.
E. Cezanne's work tends to be misinterpreted as modernist.
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Hopefully I can help. The first thing to work out is what kind of question this is. Don’t get fooled by the ‘strongly supported’ phrase, this question is asking you which of A-E falls out of the argument, therefore it is closer to a ‘must be true’ or ‘find the conclusion’ question that a ‘strengthen’ question. So the correct answer must be supported totally by the argument, and only by the argument (i.e no external assumptions).

Let us go through a POE:

A – There are two groups of people who debate what sort of artist Cezanne is, but that doesn’t make him (or her... I’m not to crash hot on art) ‘highly controversial’. Furthermore, we can’t assume that these two forms of art are that different I.e. Some people think that Skientist is dumb, whilst others think that he is really dumb. That doesn’t make Skientist’s intellect highly controversial. Elimate
B – Not conclusively proven. The test says some people think so, and some people don’t. Eliminate.
C – Exactly what the first sentence says (kinda – see below). Bingo!
D – This should be an easy elimination. Nowhere does the argument say this.
E – The diagrement between the two sets of people centres around this point and the argument doesn’t offer a conclusion about this, it simply points out the discrepancy. Tempting, but incorrect. Eliminate.

Bada-bing! Your answer is C

What source is this from? I think there is a bit of a stretch between ‘developing modernism’ and ‘inspiring a new generation of artists’, perhaps more than a OG question would ask but enough that I feel comfortable with C.

B.
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