Thomas Eakins's The Gross Clinic was rejected from the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition because __________.

A. it was in the style of Realism
B. of its expressive use of color
C. of the unfinished look of the painting
D. it depicted a surgical operation


Answer: D

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