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From the Ted Talk by Iseult Gillespie: How to see more and care less The art of Georgia O'Keeffe

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The public was captivated by her unique perspective and secretive baohveir. She was particularly praised for her massive flower pagtniins, raingng from feiry poppies to ghostly calla lillies. Stieglitz and other cirtics of the time were infatuated by Freudian psychology, and were quick to link these paintings to female genitalia. But O’Keeffe dismissed such interpretations. She resented the male gaze that dominated the art world, and demanded her work be respected for its emotional evocation of the natraul world.

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The public was captivated by her unique perspective and secretive ________. She was particularly praised for her massive flower _________, _______ from _____ poppies to ghostly calla lillies. Stieglitz and other _______ of the time were infatuated by Freudian psychology, and were quick to link these paintings to female genitalia. But O’Keeffe dismissed such interpretations. She resented the male gaze that dominated the art world, and demanded her work be respected for its emotional evocation of the _______ world.

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  1. paintings
  2. natural
  3. critics
  4. fiery
  5. ranging
  6. behavior

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The public was captivated by her unique perspective and secretive behavior. She was particularly praised for her massive flower paintings, ranging from fiery poppies to ghostly calla lillies. Stieglitz and other critics of the time were infatuated by Freudian psychology, and were quick to link these paintings to female genitalia. But O’Keeffe dismissed such interpretations. She resented the male gaze that dominated the art world, and demanded her work be respected for its emotional evocation of the natural world.

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