-What Was Photographer Jacob Riis's Intent in Juxtaposing His Photograph

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Multiple Choice

-What was photographer Jacob Riis's intent in juxtaposing his photograph "In the Home of an Italian Ragpicker, Jersey Street" with Sandro Boticelli's Renaissance painting Madonna and Child?

• A) He wanted to associate 1890s Italian immigrants with the values of the Italian Renaissance.
• B) He wanted to focus on the Catholic beliefs of Italian immigrants.
• C) He wanted to show that immigrants had the same maternal instincts as others.
• D) He wanted to connect the plight of immigrants to religious imagery in order to gain sympathy for them.

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