Courbet's monumental canvas The Stonebreakers was daring for its time because it __________.

A. depicted the mundane conditions of the working class on a grand scale
B. attempted to politicize a national road-building initiative
C. exploited the working people who had modeled for Courbet without pay
D. romanticized life in the French countryside


Answer: A

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