Untilabout150yearsagothemostimportantexpensiveandrenownedkindofpaintingwaslarge-scalepicturesthattoldastoryregardedasthe 1. (hard)challengeforanartist. 2.(choose)suitablesubjectsartistshadtobewell-read.Thentheyhadtoknow 3. storiescouldbetoldwithoutwordsusingonlygesturesandexpressions.Tocreatelifelikescenestheyhadtounderstandperspectivelightingandanatomy.Sohistorypaintingneededalotofthoughtand 4. .(imagine).Large-scalepicturesusedtobereservedforgrandreligiousorpatrioticsubjectsbutthatchangedinthe19thcenturyasartistsbegancreatinghistorypaintingsbased 5. contemporarynewsstories.OneofthefirstofthesewasTheRaftoftheMedusainspiredbythewreckof 6. Frenchshipin1816whichshowedhowartcouldhaveapowerfulpoliticalimpact.Itpresentsascene 7. thesurvivorsofthewreckonaraftlitteredwithbodiestrytosignaltoadistantship.Whenthey 8. (rescue)theytoldhowtheyhadbeenabandonedbytheircaptainwhilehesailedtosafetyinalifeboat.Starvingtheyhadtoeateachothertosurvive—thoughthispicturemakes 9. lookheroicratherthanviolent.Thepicturecausedahugeoutcry.SomepeoplethoughttheartistmeanttocriticizetheFrenchking 10. hadbeeninvolvedinappointingtheship'scaptain.