PrepTest 103, Section 4, Question 13
James Porter (1905–1970) was the first scholar to(436 more words not shown)
Based on the passage, which(24 more words not shown)
- AAfrican-American crafts of(15 more words not shown)
- BThe paintings of(13 more words not shown)
- CThe designs of(18 more words not shown)
- DAfter the movement(19 more words not shown)
- ESeveral portraits by(13 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
His unfinished project asked how African art influenced Western art more broadly. Keep the direction straight: African art is the source of the influence; Western art shows its effects. Which discovery would most help investigate that wider connection?
Working the answers
- A
This connects African American crafts with earlier European crafts. Resemblance alone wouldn't prove influence, and it doesn't establish the African-to-Western connection we're seeking.
- B
European paintings prefiguring later North African developments gives us the opposite sequence. It doesn't show African art influencing European work.
- C
European trade goods supply the designs reflected in African American quilts. Again, the source of influence is European, not African.
- D
This concerns African influences within African American painting—the area his earlier work already examined. It could contribute to his research, but it doesn't extend the inquiry as directly as evidence from European painters would. African American art is part of Western art; the distinction is the broader reach of the new project.
- ECorrect
European portraits “modeled after” Central African masks give us the direction and wider scope we wanted: African objects influencing European art. This extends the connection beyond the African American works that occupied his earlier book.
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