Look closely at the piece above. It is a painting by James Whistler, entitled, Symphony in Blue and Pink. What is the subject matter of the piece? What is the content of the piece? picture is: Four women standing on a beach. One is holding a parasol.

 The subject of this piece is the four figures standing on the beach. The content of the mood reflected by the colors and the musical qualities and movement reflected in the brushstrokes.

Explanation:

photography had emerged as an elite art pursued by a few creative individuals for a few wealthy patrons. but now, said bauldelaire, it was succumbing to "the great industrial madness of our times." it was becoming a mass production industry that catered to middle-class tastes, including a taste for gadgetry. the stereoscope, the first 3d imaging system, had turned looking at photographs into parlor entertainment. a "thousand hungry eyes were bending over the peepholes of the stereoscope as though they were the attic-windows of the infinite.