Review the meaning.

ordinary life is a worthy subject for fine art.

which evaluates the effectiveness of little girl in a blue armchair in communicating this meaning?

a. it is effective; it shows an everyday event in the life of an average person.

b. it is ineffective; the painting shows a princess, who is not ordinary.

c. it is effective; it shows the ordinary life of a noble person.

d. it is ineffective; the painting shows an ordinary woman behaving extraordinarily.

The correct answer is option letter A (It is effective; it shows an everyday event in the life of an average person). The oil painting “Little Girl in a Blue Armchair” by Mary Cassatt (1878) portrays a normal day of a little girl who is sprawled on a blue armchair in a room, staring at the floor unaware. Moreover, there is a dog on the chair opposite her. This painting of Cassatt was a defining characteristic of her later paintings of ballerinas, women and children. Cassatt enjoyed the wave of feminism in the 1840s. In fact, the artistic portrayal of women in Cassatt’s works was always done with the suggestion of a deeper inner life and dignity.