The fact that Romanesque churches’ portals resemble triumphal arches is significant because it

a) reflects a great technological advance.
b) stresses continuity with the Church’s Greco-Roman past.
c) hints at the wonders that lay within.
d) announces the triumph of spiritual life over physical death.


Answer: B

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