Why were artists such as alfred jacob miller and jean-francois millet motivated to paint normal everyday events?
a. to vent about frustrating events
b. to show off their illustration techniques
c. to celebrate the beauty of simplicity
d. to express irritation with simplicity

the answer would be (b). the stave church in borgund, norway is an example of norse architecture.

photography had emerged as an elite art pursued by a few creative individuals for a few wealthy patrons. but now, said bauldelaire, it was succumbing to "the great industrial madness of our times." it was becoming a mass production industry that catered to middle-class tastes, including a taste for gadgetry. the stereoscope, the first 3d imaging system, had turned looking at photographs into parlor entertainment. a "thousand hungry eyes were bending over the peepholes of the stereoscope as though they were the attic-windows of the infinite.