X-ray examination of a recently discovered painting—judged by some authorities to be a self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh—revealed an underimage of a woman’s face. Either van Gogh or another painter covered the first painting with the portrait now seen on the surface of the canvas. Because the face of the woman in the
underimage also appears on canvases van Gogh is known to have painted, the surface painting must be an
authentic self-portrait by van Gogh.
The conclusion is properly drawn if which of the following is assumed?
A) If a canvas already bears a painted image produced by an artist, a second artist who uses the canvas to
produce a new painting tends to be influenced by the style of the first artist.
B) Many painted canvases that can be reliably attributed to van Gogh contain underimages of subjects that
appear on at least one other canvas that van Gogh is known to have painted.
C) Any painted canvas incorrectly attributed to van Gogh would not contain an underimage of a subject that
appears in authentic paintings by that artist.
D) A painted canvas cannot be reliably attributed to an artist unless the authenticity of any underimage that
painting might contain can be reliably attributed to the artist.
E) A painted canvas cannot be reliably attributed to a particular artist unless a reliable x-ray examination of
the painting is performed
정답은 C입니다,
저는 D를 골라서 틀렸습니다.
본문에서 recently discovered painting에 있는 underimage에 있는 여성이 반고흐가 작업한 것으로 알려진 작품에도 등장하기 때문에, recently discovered painting에 있는 surface painting은 반고흐가 자기 자신을 그린것이라고 주장하는것이 맞는지요?
그러면, 여기서 왜 D가 아닌 C가 되지 않는지 궁금합니다.
C는 반고흐의 작품으로 잘못 알려진 작품들은 반고흐가 작업한 작품을 under image로 가지고 있지 않을것이다?
D는 under image가 누구껀지 알려지기 밝혀지지 않는 한, 작품은 누구꺼라고 말할 수 없다
사실 C는 해석이 어려웠고, 무슨말인지 몰라서 제꼈습니다..
본문에서 under image가 반고흐꺼니까 그 작품은 반고흐꺼라고 했으니 D까 맞는거 아닐까요..?