Realism

1. What impact did photography have on the visual arts? Select a daguerreotype or photograph from the assigned reading to describe and analyze in your response.
2. Many consider Gustave Courbet and Jean-Francois Millet “Radical Realists.” Select an artwork by Courbet or Millet from the assigned reading to address as both radical and Realist in form and content. (Realism with a capital R refers to the art movement/style.)
3. Manet is considered a transitional figure in art history for his unusual approach to painting. Select one of Manet’s paintings from the assigned reading to discuss in terms of his Realist subject matter (content) and innovative approach to painting (form).

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