How Did Nineteenth-Century Painters Respond to the Intense Competition That

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Multiple Choice

How did nineteenth-century painters respond to the intense competition that arose from the development of the hugely popular camera?

• A) They began painting pictures as true to life as possible to keep up with the new desire for the realistic images that photographs could produce.
• B) They no longer painted portraits or landscapes, since photographs took over those markets completely, and instead focused almost entirely on copying Old Masters.
• C) They altered their style, employing new and varying techniques to distinguish their art from the photographic realism of the camera.
• D) They sought new professions, as the market for painting dropped off entirely and art schools began to close across Europe.

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