In what way was Gustave Courbet's Stonebreakers (Fig. 31-12) 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.
Answer: B
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