Read the excerpt from "Georgia O'Keeffe: Modernist Pioneer." Over the summer break of 1915, Georgia went to South Carolina to st
udy at the Teachers College. There she studied the art theories of Arthur Dow, who was an expert in Far East art. He taught her abstract methods that were based on color, light and dark blocks, repetition, and balance. These ideas had a huge impact on her work, and she used new types of paints and other supplies rather than objects to show her feelings. It helped free her from the traditions that she found dull. Georgia later said of her teacher, "It was Arthur Dow who affected my start, who helped me to find something of my own." What do the underlined words indicate about the biographer's view of O'Keeffe's artistic development?(Underlined words: abstract methods, new types, helped free her, something of my own.
A She copied others who she found interesting.
B She followed conventional rules.
C She had a ground-breaking approach.
D She was only influenced by her own ideas.
Abstract methods imply that her art became nonconventional. She did not use her own ideas since she was guided by Dow's tips and she did not copy other's works.
The Qing officials were worried about internal uprisings such as the Taiping Uprising which arose as the peasants considered the origins of the dynasty as foreign. China also experienced explosive population growth which posed a threat as it was not industrially revolutionized to meet the needs of this population.
