Why is D correct and A is wrong?
I thought D is wrong because his work was more "acceptable" and many artists were influenced by him even he "saw little enought of that 'witty and amiable' century" so this contradicts "conditional" in answer D...
What is "visinility"? I thought it means the range of one can see...
Could anyone explain this question?
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Re: Q20
This whole passage is about how Watteau was VERY influential on people in the late 1800s; they thought that Watteau, who painted during the early 1700s, was a great source of info on what life was like in France in those days.
The author is arguing that it is ridiculous to think of Watteau as a good representation of life in France in the early 1700s.
Q20 is asking about "the impact an artist's work has on society", which must relate to what we were just talking about.
So how did it get to be that so many people in the late 1800s thought that Watteau was a great source of life in the early 1700s?
The first paragraph explains that (line 6) "this was largely due to" the fact that (line 10) "Watteau's artistic output became and continued to be more accessible than that of any other artist".
So the reason for Watteau's influence is that his works were more accessible than those of other artists.
Now that we've found our answer in the text, let's look at answer choices:
(A) "lyrical and charming" has nothing to do with accessibility. Also, we know that they grabbed those words from line 38, which is far away from our answer to the question.
(B) "how much society values art" has nothing to do with how accessible the works were.
(C) This is a tempting trap, because the people in the late 1800s certainly thought that Watteau "captures the true and essential nature of early 1700s France". But the author thinks that Watteau does NOT capture the true essence, and yet Watteau DID have a big impact. So this goes against the author.
(D) "visibility of the artist's work" is a good paraphrase for "accessibility of the artist's output".
Yes, the #1 definition for 'visibility' relates to sight, but you can use 'visibility' in a slightly different sense to refer to how much exposure you have to something.
For instance, we could say that, as a Vice President, Joe Biden has more visibility than Dick Cheney. That doesn't mean that it's easier to see one man vs. the other. It means that one man makes himself available to the press or to the public more than the other. One man shows up on TV or in papers more than the other.
"conditional" just means "depends on".
I could say "getting a new toy depends on having a good report card". This would mean the same thing as "getting a new toy is conditional on having a good report card".
(E) the passage never discussed "imitation by contemporaries"
Hope this helps.
The author is arguing that it is ridiculous to think of Watteau as a good representation of life in France in the early 1700s.
Q20 is asking about "the impact an artist's work has on society", which must relate to what we were just talking about.
So how did it get to be that so many people in the late 1800s thought that Watteau was a great source of life in the early 1700s?
The first paragraph explains that (line 6) "this was largely due to" the fact that (line 10) "Watteau's artistic output became and continued to be more accessible than that of any other artist".
So the reason for Watteau's influence is that his works were more accessible than those of other artists.
Now that we've found our answer in the text, let's look at answer choices:
(A) "lyrical and charming" has nothing to do with accessibility. Also, we know that they grabbed those words from line 38, which is far away from our answer to the question.
(B) "how much society values art" has nothing to do with how accessible the works were.
(C) This is a tempting trap, because the people in the late 1800s certainly thought that Watteau "captures the true and essential nature of early 1700s France". But the author thinks that Watteau does NOT capture the true essence, and yet Watteau DID have a big impact. So this goes against the author.
(D) "visibility of the artist's work" is a good paraphrase for "accessibility of the artist's output".
Yes, the #1 definition for 'visibility' relates to sight, but you can use 'visibility' in a slightly different sense to refer to how much exposure you have to something.
For instance, we could say that, as a Vice President, Joe Biden has more visibility than Dick Cheney. That doesn't mean that it's easier to see one man vs. the other. It means that one man makes himself available to the press or to the public more than the other. One man shows up on TV or in papers more than the other.
"conditional" just means "depends on".
I could say "getting a new toy depends on having a good report card". This would mean the same thing as "getting a new toy is conditional on having a good report card".
(E) the passage never discussed "imitation by contemporaries"
Hope this helps.
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