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Your book talks about the important photographer Jacob Riis. Use your search capabilities to find more information about Riis and then answer this question: Why is it that if Riis had never taken a single photograph, we would still talk about him as an important figure in American modern art?

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Look at the painting, The Life Line, by Winslow Homer reproduced in your book as figure 30-45. Now, go to the website for National Gallery of Art and look at Homer's version of the same subject done as an engraving (under the title Saved). Which of the two images, the painting reproduced in your book or the etching on your computer screen, is more evocative of the drama of the moment? Explain your answer.

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Visit the site for our nation’s Capitol. Look at the construction history and take note of how the design changed from one architect to another. Summarize the important changes made to bring about the final design.

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