Question

In the sentence, “I believe there is a connection” (second paragraph), what two developments is the author referring to?

• A. Painters using a dying hero and using a fruit as a subject of painting.
• B. Growing success of painters and an increase in abstract forms.
• C. Artists gaining freedom to choose subjects and abandoning subjects altogether.
• D. Rise of Impressionists and an increase in abstract forms.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Artists gaining freedom to choose subjects and abandoning subjects altogether.

The answer to this question can be easily inferred from paragraph 1 and 2. Option C is the right answer. Refer to the lines: Yet, by the next generation, painters began to abandon the subject altogether, and began to paint abstract pictures. Today the majority of pictures painted are abstract.…. Is there a connection between these two developments?