Which of the following artworks was hated by conservative critics because of its focus on common people and its disregard for traditional standards of order and beauty?
A)Gustave Courbet's Burial at Ornans
B)Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Moulin de la Galette
C)Harriet Hosmer's Zenobia in Chains
D)Camille Claudel's The Waltz

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Gustave Courbet's Burial at Ornans was a realist painting that depicted a scene of common people mourning at a funeral. It was seen as controversial because it broke away from traditional standards of beauty and order, and instead focused on the ordinary lives of working-class people. Conservative critics at the time hated it for its "vulgarity" and "lack of grace."

Which of the Following Artworks Was Hated by Conservative Critics