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OG_VPR # 21 The painter Peter Brandon never dated his works, [#permalink] New post   25 Oct 2016, 07:55
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The painter Peter Brandon never dated his works, and their chronology is only now beginning to take shape in the critical literature. A recent dating of a Brandon self-portrait to 1930 is surely wrong. Brandon was 63 years old in 1930, yet the painting shows a young, dark-haired man—obviously Brandon, but clearly not a man of 63.


Which of the following, if justifiably assumed, allows the conclusion to be properly drawn?

A) There is no securely dated self-portrait of Brandon that he painted when he was significantly younger than 63.
B) In refraining from dating his works, Brandon intended to steer critical discussion of them away from considerations of chronology.
C) Until recently, there was very little critical literature on the works of Brandon.
D) Brandon at age 63 would not have portrayed himself in a painting as he had looked when he was a young man.
E) Brandon painted several self-portraits that showed him as a man past the age of 60.

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Re: OG_VPR # 21 The painter Peter Brandon never dated his works, [#permalink] New post   08 May 2022, 16:44
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D was my second choice.

I picked A.

(A) There is no securely dated self-portrait of Brandon that he painted when he was significantly younger than 63.


My thinking was: if there's not securely dated painting, how can you reasonably say that the painting is of PB when he was 63?

I decided not to pick D because I thought, saying what PB would have done, or would NOT have done, is too iffy and not something that can be confirmed.


The way I approached A):
- It might be true that PB has other undated, younger self-portraits of himself, but it only adds to the mystery. It doesn't solve the current one.


Here I borrow an LSAT formula from a different site: (powerscore, but I can't link here yet)


Stimulus Premise 1:Brandon was 63 years old in 1930.
Stimulus Premise 2: The painting (i.e., the self-portrait) shows a young, dark-haired man who is obviously Brandon, but clearly is not a man of 63.
Answer Choice D (premise 3): Brandon at age 63 would not have portrayed himself in a painting as he had looked when he was a young man.

Conclusion: The recent dating of the Brandon self-portrait to 1930 is surely wrong.
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Re: OG_VPR # 21 The painter Peter Brandon never dated his works, [#permalink] New post   02 Dec 2018, 10:24
D was my second choice.

I picked A.

(A) There is no securely dated self-portrait of Brandon that he painted when he was significantly younger than 63.


My thinking was: if there's not securely dated painting, how can you reasonably say that the painting is of PB when he was 63?

I decided not to pick D because I thought, saying what PB would have done, or would NOT have done, is too iffy and not something that can be confirmed.
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Re: OG_VPR # 21 The painter Peter Brandon never dated his works, [#permalink] New post   02 Dec 2018, 10:33
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The question is a bit tricky.

However,

A) There is no securely dated self-portrait of Brandon that he painted when he was significantly younger than 63.

This is too extreme as a statement. Moreover, probably it is not completely true.

A recent dating of a Brandon self-portrait to 1930 is surely wrong.

which means we could date his painting is somehow. Maybe yes, maybe no. So from this, you can not infer A 100%

So it is wrong.

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Re: OG_VPR # 21 The painter Peter Brandon never dated his works, [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2018, 12:03
Yes I agreed with Carcass.
A cannot directly justify the conclusion. Although there is a high chance that Peter Brandon want to finally do a self-portrait at 63 yrs olds( what a prime age to finally do one), why would he not want to paint his current self but himself over 30 years ago.
From art history, in my opinion, artists go through "periods" and each period reflects his own current mentality, and, most probably, his current appearance as well. Going back in time is just too much for the memory.
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