There is no mystery as to why figurative painting revived in the late 1970s. People want to look at recognizable images. Sorting out art theories reflected in abstract paintings is no substitute for the sense of empathy that comes from looking at a realistic painting of a figure in a landscape. Perhaps members of the art-viewing public resented abstract art because they felt that its lack of realistic subject matter was a rejection of the viewers and their world. Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main point of the passage? ['Abstract paintings often include shapes or forms that are suggestive of real objects or emotions.', 'The general public is unable to understand the theories on which abstract painting is based.', 'The artistic preferences of the art-viewing public stimulated the revival.', 'The art-viewing public wished to see traditional subjects treated in a nontraditional manner.']