Benjamin does not provide a name for the 'new movement.' Based on the descriptions in the passage, which of the following paintings might be included in this 'new movement'?

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Read this passage and answer the questions: In Philadelphia the new movement has some powerful allies, among whom should be promi- nently mentioned Thomas Eakins, a pupil of Gérôme, and at present professor in the Phila- delphia Academy of Art. One of Mr. Eakins's most ambitions paintings represents a surgical operation before a class in anatomy. It is char- acterized by so many excellent artistic qualities, that one regrets that the work as a whole fails to satisfy. Admirable draughtsman as this painter is, one is surprised that in the arrangement of the figures the perspective should have... Show more

Benjamin does not provide a name for the 'new movement.' Based on the descriptions in the passage, which of the following paintings might be included in this 'new movement'?