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The Song of the Lark, painted in the realist style by Jules Breton, depicts a barefoot peasant woman pausing in the fields at sunset and emphasizes accuracy in its portrayal of the experiences of ordinary working people. This style largely the conventions of the romantic style evident in many paintings by Charles Gleyre, which instead accentuated their subjects positive traits by, for example, placing them in staged settings with expensive looking decorations and presenting them with smooth, unblemished skin.