LSAT 117 – Section 4 – Question 15

LSAT 117 - Section 4 - Question 15

October 2004

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PT117 S4 Q15
+LR
Must be true +MBT
A
1%
150
B
2%
152
C
4%
155
D
2%
153
E
90%
162
135
143
150
 +Medium 147.423 +SubsectionMedium

Artists have different ways of producing contours and hatching, and analysis of these stylistic features can help to distinguish works by a famous artist both from forgeries and from works genuinely by other artists. Indeed, this analysis has shown that many of the drawings formerly attributed to Michelangelo are actually by the artist Giulio Clovio, Michelangelo’s contemporary.

Summary

Artists have different ways of producing contours and hatching. Analyzing these stylistic features can help distinguish works by a famous artist from forgeries and from works by other artists. This analysis has shown some drawings formerly attributed to Michelangelo are actually by the artist Giulio Clovio.

Notable Valid Inferences

There is a noticeable difference between the stylistic features of Giulio Clovio and Michelangelo.

A
Contours and hatching are the main features that distinguish the drawing styles of different artists.

Could be false. To say that contours and hatching are the main features is too extreme. We only know that contours and hatching are some features to help distinguish works of art. It is possible there are many more features than these.

B
Many of the drawings formerly attributed to Michelangelo are actually forgeries.

Could be false. We only know that some of these former drawings are actually Giulio Clovio’s, but we can’t assume they are forgeries. It is possible that these drawings were only mistakenly attributed to Michelangelo, and Giulio Clovio never intended to forge the drawings.

C
No forgery can perfectly duplicate the contour and hatching styles of a famous artist.

Could be false. We only know that analyzing contours and hatching helps to distinguish works between famous artists and forgeries, but we can’t assume that this analysis is foolproof.

D
The contour and hatching styles used to identify the drawings of Clovio cited can be shown to be features of all Clovio’s works.

Could be false. The stimulus does not provide us any information about Clovio’s works to infer this statement. It is possible that Clovio’s style changed over time, so Clovio may not use the same features in all of his works.

E
There is an analyzable difference between Clovio’s contour and hatching styles and those of Michelangelo.

Must be true. We can infer that an analyzable difference exists because the analysis described in the stimulus did in fact help to show that some drawings formerly attributed to Michelangelo are actually by Clovio.

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