难啊，真难啊！大牛一定要来看看

southnorth

It is very difficult to prove today that a painting done two or three hundred years ago, especially one without a signature or with a questionably authentic signature, is indubitably the work of this or that particular artist. This fact gives the traditional attribution of a disputed painting special weight, since that attribution carries the presumption of historical continuity. Consequently, an art historian arguing for a deattribution will generally convince other art historians only if he or she can persuasively argue for a specific reattribution.
Which one of the following, if true, most strongly supports the position that the traditional attribution of a disputed painting should not have special weight?
(A) Art dealers have always been led by economic self-interest to attribute any unsigned paintings of merit to recognized masters rather than to obscure artists.
(B) When a painting is originally created, there are invariably at least some eyewitnesses who see the artist at work, and thus questions of correct attribution cannot arise at that time.
(C) There are not always clearly discernible differences between the occasional inferior work produced by a master and the very best work produced by a lesser talent.
(D) Attribution can shape perception inasmuch as certain features that would count as marks of greatness in a master’s work would be counted as signs of inferior artistry if a work were attributed to a minor artist.
(E) Even though some masters had specialists assist them with certain detail work, such as depicting lace, the resulting works are properly attributed to the masters alone.

选A的理由？

fogwind

这是lsat的题吧，觉得和gmat是有点思路上的区别

我是这样想的。题目说两三百年前的画不好确定作者，特别是在没有签名的情况下。（这是给出的一个事实前提）

所以这样的事实更加剧了对于一副画的作者争议。应此一个艺术史学家能说服别人相信这幅画的作者是别人的。

问题问：哪项支持了这样的事实其实不会加剧这个争议。

A说画贩子只关心钱，当一幅画作者有争议时，就将那个画说成是大师的作品。所以作者归属就没有问题了。

southnorth

谢谢楼上的解答，不过和我的理解有些出入。

这个事实给传统归属法提供证据，因为该法建立在历史一致性上。就是说如果没有推翻的证据，那么第一认定结果为真。

A，小贩是第一认定人，出于追逐利益，认定结果为名画家。由于很难推翻小贩的认定，导致混淆真假，虽然影响不好，但Gmat考试并不在乎啊。这里与推翻无关啊。

C，名画家的次品 和 低级画家的优秀作品 之间总是无差别。 如果无法判断好坏，导致无法推翻证据，那么传统归属法失效。

[此贴子已经被作者于2009-2-8 21:30:20编辑过]

uustar

我同意lz对题目的分析。只不过我觉得，这道题目的核心是对unsigned paintings的鉴定。

A 是说，画贩子出于经济利益在没有任何论据的情况下说未签名的画是大师作品，但是历史专家却无法推翻他们的说法，因为没有论据。所以是对题目的支持。

C 根本没提到unsigned paintings，只是比较大师和普通画家的作品，可以算是与题目无关的选项。

fogwind

楼上的楼上理解的对。楼上也分析的对，关键还是对unsigned painting的鉴定。:-)

重新读了题目，之前对题目的理解有误。重新理解下：

两三百年前的画不好确定作者，特别是在没有签名的情况下。
所以这样的情况让传统的作者鉴别方法有了优势，因为传统方法是基于历史一致性作为依据进行推论。
因此只要一个艺术史学家主张对一幅画进行重新鉴定，他一般就能说服别人相信这幅画的作者是别人。

问题问：哪项支持了 其实传统的鉴别方法并没有优势。