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Question #1

How does Turner's Rain, Steam, and Speed—The Great Western Railway suggest the move toward abstraction in art?

A. the contrast of the old stone bridge and the modern iron bridge

B. the broad areas of thick paint, and the interest in colored light

C. the illusionistic perspective of the train tracks

D. the inclusion of the train as symbol of industrialization