Look at this painting by diego velazquez, painted between 1634 and 1635. what is its primary purpose? ( the painting is "the surrender of breda" a. to emphasize the power of its subject. b. to depict a scene from everyday life. c. to serve as a historical document. d. to create a strong emotional response.

Yes the answer is C. to serve as a historical document

photography had emerged as an elite art pursued by a few creative individuals for a few wealthy patrons. but now, said bauldelaire, it was succumbing to "the great industrial madness of our times." it was becoming a mass production industry that catered to middle-class tastes, including a taste for gadgetry. the stereoscope, the first 3d imaging system, had turned looking at photographs into parlor entertainment. a "thousand hungry eyes were bending over the peepholes of the stereoscope as though they were the attic-windows of the infinite.