1. Directions: Write down the claim. Then, choose the best work—record the title, artist, and date. Write a paragraph that supports the claim.

2. Though using a very modern medium, the artist retreats to traditional compositional forms and pictorial content.

3. Julia Margaret Cameron Kiss of Peace 1891 Jacques-Henri Lartigue Avenue du Bois de Boulogne, Paris 1911

4. The dappled light quietly signals the transitory nature of this relaxed and seemingly carefree afternoon scene.

5. Georges Seurat A Sunday on La Grande Jatte 1884 Pierre-Auguste Renoir Le Moulin de la Galette 1876

6. In this work the artist engages in a radical act, because he chooses as his subject the poorest of the poor.

7. Jean-Francois Millet The Gleaners, 1857 Jacob Riis c. 1885

8. The artist deliberately constructs spatial ambiguities to undermine the viewer’s desire for a realistic representation of the subject.

9. Paul Cezanne Still Life with Apples and Oranges 1895–1900 Gustave Caillebotte The Floor Scrapers 1875

10. Though interested in exploring the patterned design of the work’s surface, this piece also focuses on the intimate emotional connection between the subjects.

11. Mary Cassatt The Bath 1893 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Au Moulin Rouge 1892

12. The woman’s direct gaze undermines the traditional conceit of the accommodating female nude.

13. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Large Odalisque, 1814 Edouard Manet Olympia, 1863