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Political changes have had a significant impact on the art of the Communist country of North Korea. Early art forms were dominated by influences from the Soviet Union and China, but today North Korean art indicates a more relevant cultural influence from its own revolutionary material. Films and sports have proven to be the most popular forms. On the other hand, North Korean artists who fled North Korea and relocated to Europe and the United States have continued to produce art that indicates outside influences. Many of these artists have melded their own traditional techniques and images and with those of Western artists to produce art that is a unique combination of East and West. The North Korean expatriates are particularly known for turbulent images of landscapes.
The author of the passage above suggests which of the following about early North Korean art?
(A) All early North Korean art was primarily political in its topic and focus.
(B) Unlike the artists who have left North Korea and moved to the West, artists remaining in North Korea do not paint landscapes.
(C) North Korean art initially took its cue from other Communist states until it developed its own artistic traditions.
(D) It took many decades of imitating the artistic techniques of other cultures for North Korean artists to generate a uniquely North Korean style.
(E) North Korean artistic techniques are unlike any in the world, thus making it difficult for North Korean artists to formulate a style for the early North Korean state.
The author of the passage above suggests which of the following about early North Korean art?
(A) All early North Korean art was primarily political in its topic and focus.
(B) Unlike the artists who have left North Korea and moved to the West, artists remaining in North Korea do not paint landscapes.
(C) North Korean art initially took its cue from other Communist states until it developed its own artistic traditions.
(D) It took many decades of imitating the artistic techniques of other cultures for North Korean artists to generate a uniquely North Korean style.
(E) North Korean artistic techniques are unlike any in the world, thus making it difficult for North Korean artists to formulate a style for the early North Korean state.
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Overview:
Question begins with information about the history North Korean art, with its early influences from Russia and China and its eventual development of its own artistic voice. The question asks the student to select an answer choice that is suggested by statements made in the passage. Choosing an answer choice based on implication can be very challenging, so the student must keep the details of the passage in mind when reviewing the separate answer choices and must eliminate an answer choice that is not clearly suggested by direct statements made in the passage. The key to answering this type of question is the ability to point to a sentence, more than one sentence, or a phrase that provides the link between the correct answer choice and the passage itself.
The Correct Answer:
C The passage states up front that North Korea is a Communist country, that the art of that country has been influenced by political changes, and that North Korean art was originally “dominated by influences from the Soviet Union and China.” What is more, the passage goes on to claim that “today North Korean art indicates a more relevant cultural influence from its own revolutionary material.” From this, the student may infer that North Korean art initially used the styles and influences of other Communist countries until it had developed its own art. Answer choice (C) is correct.
The Incorrect Answers:
A The author notes that “political changes have had a significant impact” on North Korean art, but there is not enough information in the passage to indicate that all North Korean art is political. Answer choice (A) is too general, so it may be eliminated immediately.
B The author claims that expatriate North Korean artists favor “turbulent images of landscapes,” but there is nothing in the passage to suggest that the artists who have remained in North Korea do not paint landscapes. This might very well be true, but because the passage does not imply it, answer choice (B) cannot be correct.
D The author of the passage suggests that North Korean artists originally took the style and subject of their material from countries like the Soviet Union and China, but there is not enough information in the passage to imply that the North Korean artists also took the specific artistic techniques from these countries. The passage does talk about the artistic techniques of expatriate North Korean artists, but answer choice (D) is not clear. In fact, answer choice (D) suggests a long-term absorption of artistic techniques from other countries, so this is entirely irrelevant to the passage. Answer choice (D) may be eliminated.
E Answer choice (E) is largely irrelevant to the information in the passage, focusing on the unique qualities of North Korean artistic techniques, something that the passage does not mention or imply.
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Hi Bunuel one thing I want to confirm is that while solving CR we are not allowed to bring the outside knowledge, then from which part we are inferring that soviet union and china are communist states?
Bunuel
