In What Way Was Gustave Courbet's Stonebreakers an Explicit Political

question 60

Multiple Choice

In what way was Gustave Courbet's Stonebreakers an explicit political statement?

• A) He refused to exhibit it in the Salon.
• B) His elevated his lower-class subject to the heroic status afforded history painting.
• C) He rejected academic conventions to idealize the subject.
• D) He depicted an actual event that spawned violent protests outside the city of Ornans.

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