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Praxis II World and US History

Category - US Society

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Whose portrait of Madame Pierre Gautreau, entitled “Madame X,” scandalized the art world for the subject's provocative pose and attire in the painting?
  1. Edward Hopper
  2. John Singer Sargent
  3. Pablo Picasso
  4. Diego Rivera
Explanation
Answer: B - John Singer Sargent's “Madame X,” painted in Paris in 1884, was a portrait of a married American expatriate standing to the side of a table in a black evening gown with very narrow, jeweled straps. The cut of the dress was exceptionally revealing for the time, and the painting caused a sensation and nearly destroyed Sargent's career when it went on display in Paris.
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