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Harold Newton's Yellow Day, a wetland landscape with palm trees and lush greenery set against the pastel yellows and pinks of the sky and water, is typical of paintings by the mid-twentieth-century landscape artists now known as the Florida Highwaymen. Even though Florida was rapidly being developed at that time, tourists in particular held the idea that its distinctive tropical and coastal environments represented a pristire natural world, untouched by modernity. As with many Highwaymen paintings, the appeal of Yellow Day derived from its ability to capture this sentiment.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Although many paintings by the Florida Highwaymen have subjects in common, Yellow Day is now more highly regarded by critics than other Florida Highwaymen paintings are.
A
Although Yellow Day and other paintings by the Florida Highwaymen were originally celebrated for their depictions of Florida's natural environments, art historians now question these paintings' accuracy.
B
Tourists to Florida in the mid-twentieth century were more likely to admire the sentiments expressed in Yellow Day and similar paintings than Florida residents were.
C
Yellow Day and other paintings by the Florida Highwaymen were notable for their ability to appeal to a popular conception about the state of Florida in the mid-twentieth century.
D