How is Georgia O'Keeffe's Jack-in-the-Pulpit, No. IV different from Adriaen van der Spelt's and Frans van Mieris' Flower Piece with Curtain?
A. It employs the trompe l'oeil technique to portray an illusionistic flower.
B. It references the Classical story of the competition between Zeuxis and Parrhasios.
C. It is nonrepresentational because it depicts pure geometric forms.
D. It captures the vigor of the flower's life force through abstraction rather than realism.
Answer: D
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