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Updated on: 16 Dec 2014, 21:28
Originally posted by souvik101990 on 16 Dec 2014, 02:55.
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The Venetian Renaissance 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 paint. Since the Renaissance painting Calypso’s Bower is in oil, its painter probably always used oil paint.
(B) In Italian Renaissance painting, the single most common subject was the Virgin and child, so the single most common subject in Western art is probably also the 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 used oil paint.
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 paint. Since the Renaissance painting Calypso’s Bower is in oil, its painter probably always used oil paint.
(B) In Italian Renaissance painting, the single most common subject was the Virgin and child, so the single most common subject in Western art is probably also the 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 used oil paint.
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Look at the logic in the argument:
Painter A used B in most paintings.
Painting C has B.
Conclusion: C is probably by A.
(A) Most Renaissance painters worked in a single medium, either tempera or oil paint. Since the Renaissance painting Calypso’s Bower is in oil, its painter probably always used oil paint.
Most A painters used B or D.
Painting C is in D.
Conclusion: Painter of C probably always used D.
(B) In Italian Renaissance painting, the single most common subject was the Virgin and child, so the single most common subject in Western art is probably also the Virgin and child.
The common subject of A was B.
Conclusion: So the common subject of C must also be B.
(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 in A were commissioned by B.
Conclusion: Work C of A was probably commissioned by B.
(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.
Most A (Florentine) paintings were in B (tempera).
Painting C is in B.
Conclusion: C is probably A.
Same logic as that of argument. Answer (D)
(E) Since late-Renaissance paintings were mostly in oil, the Venetian late- Renaissance painter Arnoldi, whose works are now lost, probably used oil paint
Most A paintings were in B.
Painter C belonged to A.
Conclusion: Painter C probably used B.
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It is better to deal such question in terms of the flow of analogy
The Venetian Renaissance 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.
X did Y mostly.....Z contains Y..X did Z
I- Most Renaissance painters worked in a single medium, either tempera or oil paint. Since the Renaissance painting Calypso’s Bower is in oil, its painter probably always used oil paint.
A did B or C....Z contains C...P belongs to A & P did C...P always did C
Not very analogous..though lets keep it for the time being
II- In Italian Renaissance painting, the single most common subject was the Virgin and child, so the single most common subject in Western art is probably also the Virgin and child.
A contains Z mostly..so B also contains Z..
Rejected outright
III-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
Z was done mostly by A...so a subset of Z was done by A...this seems logical and not the way the original argument was flawed
Rejected
IV-The anonymous painting St. Sebastian is probably an early Florentine painting since it is in tempera, and most early Florentine paintings were in tempera.
Z is X..Z contains Y...X contains Y mostly..if we rearrange we can see that..
X contains Y mostly...Z contains Y..Z is X is very analogous to our original theme
X did Y mostly.....Z contains Y..X did Z
Best if d lot
V- Since late-Renaissance paintings were mostly in oil, the Venetian late- Renaissance painter Arnoldi, whose works are now lost, probably used oil paint
X mostly had Y...X (paintaing by the same painter of the era) had Y
Not analogous
The Venetian Renaissance 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.
X did Y mostly.....Z contains Y..X did Z
I- Most Renaissance painters worked in a single medium, either tempera or oil paint. Since the Renaissance painting Calypso’s Bower is in oil, its painter probably always used oil paint.
A did B or C....Z contains C...P belongs to A & P did C...P always did C
Not very analogous..though lets keep it for the time being
II- In Italian Renaissance painting, the single most common subject was the Virgin and child, so the single most common subject in Western art is probably also the Virgin and child.
A contains Z mostly..so B also contains Z..
Rejected outright
III-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
Z was done mostly by A...so a subset of Z was done by A...this seems logical and not the way the original argument was flawed
Rejected
IV-The anonymous painting St. Sebastian is probably an early Florentine painting since it is in tempera, and most early Florentine paintings were in tempera.
Z is X..Z contains Y...X contains Y mostly..if we rearrange we can see that..
X contains Y mostly...Z contains Y..Z is X is very analogous to our original theme
X did Y mostly.....Z contains Y..X did Z
Best if d lot
V- Since late-Renaissance paintings were mostly in oil, the Venetian late- Renaissance painter Arnoldi, whose works are now lost, probably used oil paint
X mostly had Y...X (paintaing by the same painter of the era) had Y
Not analogous
