While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) was an abstract expressionist artist who painted on huge canvases.Pollock was famous for his “drip technique” of pouring or splashing liquid paint onto a huge horizontal surface, allowing him to paint in a frenetic dancing style.Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) was an abstract expressionist painter who shifted to color field painting in 1960.Color-field paintings don’t use gestural, expressive brushwork.Helen Frankenthaler worked on an ambitious scale because she wanted to reproduce the effects of nature.The student wants to emphasize a similarity between the two painters. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?Jackson Pollock was famous for his “drip technique,” while Helen Frakenthaler’s work eschewed gestural, expressive brushwork. eliminatedBoth Pollock and Frankentheler painted on a massive, ambitious scale.eliminateEven though Frankentheler started out as an abstract expressionist, she later abandoned the style popularized by Jackson Pollock. eliminateThough both Pollock and Franketheler used large canvases, Pollock’s work emphasized movement while Frakenthaler’s work emphasized the effects of nature.
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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) was an abstract expressionist artist who painted on huge canvases.Pollock was famous for his “drip technique” of pouring or splashing liquid paint onto a huge horizontal surface, allowing him to paint in a frenetic dancing style.Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) was an abstract expressionist painter who shifted to color field painting in 1960.Color-field paintings don’t use gestural, expressive brushwork.Helen Frankenthaler worked on an ambitious scale because she wanted to reproduce the effects of nature.The student wants to emphasize a similarity between the two painters. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?Jackson Pollock was famous for his “drip technique,” while Helen Frakenthaler’s work eschewed gestural, expressive brushwork. eliminatedBoth Pollock and Frankentheler painted on a massive, ambitious scale.eliminateEven though Frankentheler started out as an abstract expressionist, she later abandoned the style popularized by Jackson Pollock. eliminateThough both Pollock and Franketheler used large canvases, Pollock’s work emphasized movement while Frakenthaler’s work emphasized the effects of nature.
Solution
The choice that most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to emphasize a similarity between the two painters is: "Both Pollock and Frankentheler painted on a massive, ambitious scale."
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