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Question SA-1. Here is the text reference (p. 150/4):

Art at the turn of the Century

The academies still exercised their influence, following French models, although some new currents in Europe, such as Impressionism, had their Latin American followers. But popular art grew in influence, and a movement which could be called "anti-academic" also became more prominent as the middle class increased its influence, and the old artistic models seemed increasingly tired and slavishly imitative of the European ones. The "anti-academic" current was especially strong in Mexico, where a type of popular painting which was later to be called "primitive" was becoming more and more widespread. This primitive painting was simple and direct, with little depth or perspective, and yet with a charm and warmth that appealed to unsophisticated eyes as well as the jaded connoisseur. Mexico also produced a unique category of wood-block carving used in inexpensive and popular newspapers: the "calaveras", or skull and skeleton drawings.