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segrsyd

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on: Jun 23, 2018
Paintings depicting scenes of everyday life are known as ________ paintings.
 
  A. trompe l'oeil
  B. vanitas
  C. history
  D. genre
  E. still-life

Question 2

Among the following artists, whose innovation was it to create group portraits in the setting of an activity, rather than posing the subjects formally?
 
  A. Van Ruisdael
  B. Poussin
  C. Rembrandt
  D. Vige-Lebrun
  E. Copley


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Reply #1 on: Jun 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D
Genre paintings were popular forms of Dutch Baroque art.

Answer to Question 2

C
Dutch civic organizations often commissioned group portraits and painters responded by portraying the members seated around a table or lined up.


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