Q9

[lhermary]

I really don't get why D is right here. Wasn't the point of bringing up those two names to show that in the past Euro-American artists have been given credit for work that was done by African Americans?

How does the school have any relevance to the issue?

[aerialstrong]

Those two names belong to that school. They were thought to be Euro American artist, but when Porter identified them of African ancestry, means that some of this school's works were not done by Euro American but African American.

[hippo3717]

Is E wrong because of the word "West Africa?" Not just Africa?

Because we don't know whether it was West or East or South Africa that influenced their works?...

if this were to be the case... T.T

[maryadkins]

Those two names belong to that school. They were thought to be Euro American artist, but when Porter identified them of African ancestry, means that some of this school's works were not done by Euro American but African American.

Yes. Is this clear now?

Is E wrong because of the word "West Africa?" Not just Africa?

Well, no. If it said that some of their works were influenced by African artifacts, it wouldn't be right either. Their ancestry--which is African-American--doesn't "provide conclusive evidence" that they were influenced by African artifacts. In fact, that part of the passage doesn't talk about influence at all. It just says there were these two members of a certain school, and they were African-American. All we can conclude from this is (D). (And by the way, West Africa is mentioned in line 12, so it does come up in the passage, specifically. It's just not relevant here.)

[nflamel69]

Maybe I'm being too picky, but just because their ancestry were from african, I don't think that necessarily establish that they are african americans. I mean, after so many generations, I don't think that title still applies. If their ancestors were from africa say 20 generations ago, but the rest of them are in america, does it still count?

[Olivia James]

Hello -

At first my thoughts were very similar to yours, however when I referred back to the passage I realized the following:

L 12-15 "Porter then .... established .... the cultural territory inherited by later African American artists."
The next paragraph starts off with "An example of this aspect..."

Hence, Porter's findings in regard to Johnson and Ducanson are brought down in the passage as an example of his research which focused on "the cultural territory inherited by later AA" -> Proving that D and J were AA.

Good Luck -

The citations used are from LSAC'S PT 26.