The modern Realist painters of the nineteenth century,including Honoré Daumier and Édouard Manet,were bound by all of the following except they __________.

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While Realist painters such as Daumier and Manet did attempt to paint objects as they saw them and emphasized the two-dimensionality of the canvas, they were not preoccupied with the science of optics. Instead, their focus was on depicting subjects from everyday life and highlighting the physical properties of their pigments.

The Modern Realist Painters of the Nineteenth Century,including Honoré Daumier