David Hockney's Pearblossom Highway is described as which of the following?

• A. Shows a bright, fragmented view of driving through desert roads and roadside signs.
• B. Depicts a calm, continuous panorama of an endless highway.
• C. Emphasizes urban traffic congestion in the evening.
• D. Portrays a rainy, atmospheric city street.

Answer: (B)

The idea being tested is how Hockney uses multiple viewpoints and time to reshape a single scene. Pearblossom Highway is best described as a bright, fragmented view of driving through desert roads and roadside signs. It’s a photomontage built from many individual photographs taken from the car’s perspective, arranged into a grid that shows overlapping angles, signs, fences, and ground texture. That collage method creates a sense of speed and sensory overload, making the scene feel dynamic and mosaic-like rather than smooth and continuous. So it isn’t a calm, endless panorama, nor an urban traffic scene or a rainy city street; it’s a deliberate fragmentation that conveys movement and the complexity of looking outward from a moving vehicle.