What painting characteristic of the juste-milieu style of art so captivated Napoleon III that he purchased it for his private collection?

A. Manet's Olympia (Fig. 31-18)
B. Cabanel's The Birth of Venus (Fig. 31-4)
C. Rude's The Dance (Fig. 31-5)
D. Whistler's Nocturne in Black and Gold (Fig. 31-27)


Answer: B

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