What are the different modes of visual representation? For each mode of visual representation, identify, define, and discuss one artwork that employs it.

What will be an ideal response?

The ideal answer should include:
1. Naturalism or realism is the lifelike descriptions of the visual appearance of the natural world. An example would be Adriaen van der Spelt's and Frans van Mieris' Flower Piece with Curtain because it depicts a garland of flowers and a curtain that mimic the way these objects appear in the natural world.
2. Abstract artworks transform recognizable natural subjects into patterns or make them conform to ideals. In Jack in the Pulpit, No. IV, Georgia O'Keeffe abstracts a flower into a stylized form that expresses the pure vigor of the flower's life force rather than captures its precise visual appearance.
3. Nonrepresentational artworks do not depict a recognizable natural subject. David Smith's sculptures Cubi XVII, Cubi XVIII, and Cubi XIX do not represent anything found in nature but are a combination of geometric shapes and lines.