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Why is photo realism in painting appear to be so much more achievable these days? what improvements in painting do the 20th century, or earlier, achieve to allow photo realism to be easier, or more prevalent? Did it become more popular after the invention of the camera?

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Traditionally, at what level would a non-eldest son descendant no longer be considered in the British Aristocracy?

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Why is photo realism in painting appear to be so much more achievable these days? what improvements in painting do the 20th century, or earlier, achieve to allow photo realism to be easier, or more prevalent? Did it become more popular after the invention of the camera?	280
Traditionally, at what level would a non-eldest son descendant no longer be considered in the British Aristocracy?	154