Logical Reasoning

PT123 · S2 · Q25 During the nineteenth century

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During the nineteenth century, the French academy of art was a major financial sponsor of painting and sculpture in France; sponsorship by private individuals had decreased dramatically by this time.

Apparent Paradox

Because the academy discouraged innovation in the arts, there was little innovation in French sculpture.

Yet nineteenth century French painting showed a remarkable degree of innovation.

Evaluate

Something that would make sculptors more reliant on the academy than painters could explain why sculpture saw little innovation, while painting showed a remarkable amount of innovation.

25.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the difference between the amount of innovation in French painting and the amount of innovation in French sculpture during the nineteenth century?

  1. In France in the nineteenth

    Deepens the Paradox

    This seems to suggest the opposite of what was expected. This would make painters more dependent on the academy than sculptors.

    14% picked this

  2. The French academy in the

    Too Weak

    This makes it difficult to say whether sculptors or painters were more dependent on the French academy.

    12% picked this

  3. Correct

    Because stone was so much

    Why this is right

    This provides one explanation for the different levels of innovation in sculpture and painting. Sculptors were dependent on support from the academy, while painters were not.

    Skill tested: Paradox · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    66% picked this

  4. Very few of the artists

    Out of Scope

    Whether there was overlap between those who were sculptors and those who were painters is not relevant to the paradox.

    3% picked this

  5. Although the academy was the

    Applies to Both

    This applies to both sculptors and painters and so cannot explain the different rate of innovation between them.

    4% picked this

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