Ways of Seeing

How does Courbet's two paintings, reproduced in Chapter 6 on facing pages 124 and 125, titled "Girl in White Stockings" and "Demoiselles au bord de la Seine" illustrate two distinct styles of his work?

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"Girl in White Stockings" has broad and firm strokes, like the style of Paul Gauguin, and there is little detail defined. In contrast, Demoiselle is dainty, lacy, and ornate in setting, and seems to portray the figure as more fragile than the girl in "Girl in White Stockings."