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Many of late nineteenth-century artist James McNeill Whistler’s oil paintings and lithographs depict the streets of European cities. While his contemporaries’ approaches to these subjects were often sentimental, Whistler’s eye seemed __________. In this way, he anticipated the early twentieth-century photographs of Walker Evans, which create the illusion of being objective documentations of life.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

A

tranquil

B

peculiar

C

nostalgic

D

dispassionate