One of the foremost preoccupations of Italian Renaissance art was
A) the elimination of religious images in painting and sculpture.
B) the realistic portrayal of the human nude.
C) to reject the trend of realism and emphasize abstract artistic forms.
D) the exclusion of humans in favor of purely sacred images.
E) a refusal to study mathematical laws and anatomical structures.
B
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a. California newspapers supported Governor Olson's position that Japanese and Japanese Americans were treacherous and potentially dangerous, calling for the arrest of their leaders and considering house arrest for all people of Japanese ancestry. b. The FBI searched the homes of Japanese and Japanese Americans, looking for weapons and communications tools, but found nothing that was used for subversive purposes. c. The FBI found evidence showing that some Japanese were spying for the Japanese government. d. General DeWitt, head of the Western Defense Command, issued a recommendation for the evacuation of Japanese from the Pacific Coast as "an enemy race.".
The French aristocrats at Versailles looked on Benjamin Franklin as
a. a ridiculous country bumpkin. b. a “noble savage.” c. as sophisticated as themselves. d. a dangerous troublemaker. e. too old to be an effective representative of the Americans.
The American cowboy owes much of its model to what other culture?
a. Indians b. Chinese immigrants c. Northern European immigrants d. Mexicans
On the eve of World War I the Balkan Peninsula
a. was firmly in the hands of the Ottoman Empire. b. was controlled by Russia. c. was rife with ethnic antagonisms and aspirations. d. was hoping for Austrian annexation.