# PTE Re-order #40: Historical Interplay Between...

Re-order Paragraphs #40 - Level 3 - Feeds Reading

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- Dependence, rivalry, envy, emulation: painting and photography, like members of a dysfunctional yet inseparable family, just cannot cast off lineages of influence and appropriation.
- Photography, from its appearance in 1839, looked to painting for fundamental models of depiction.
- Yet it threw the older medium into crisis, removing at a stroke painting's unique capacity to bear witness.
- How these two media leapfrogged through the Victorian age, defining themselves against one another is the subject of Tate Britain's exhibition Painting with Light.

## Answer

1. Dependence, rivalry, envy, emulation: painting and photography, like members of a dysfunctional yet inseparable family, just cannot cast off lineages of influence and appropriation.
2. Photography, from its appearance in 1839, looked to painting for fundamental models of depiction.
3. Yet it threw the older medium into crisis, removing at a stroke painting's unique capacity to bear witness.
4. How these two media leapfrogged through the Victorian age, defining themselves against one another is the subject of Tate Britain's exhibition Painting with Light.

## Explanation

The sequence is correct because it follows a logical flow: General Theme -> Historical Origin -> Consequence/Conflict -> Modern Contextualization.

(Sentence 1): The paragraph begins by highlighting the complex relationship between painting and photography, comparing them to members of a dysfunctional yet inseparable family characterized by dependence, rivalry, envy, and emulation. (Sentence 2): It then provides historical context, noting that since its inception in 1839, photography looked to painting for fundamental models of depiction. (Sentence 3): The third sentence explains that photography threw painting into crisis by removing painting's unique capacity to bear witness, challenging its role as the sole medium for capturing reality. (Sentence 4): Finally, it mentions that the interplay between these two media during the Victorian age, as they defined themselves against each other, is the subject of Tate Britain's exhibition "Painting with Light."

## Hints

- Start by finding the sentence that introduces the overall topic without referencing specific dates or events.
- Look for pronouns like 'it' and 'the older medium' to identify which sentence must follow the introduction of photography.

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