Egyptian artists painted human faces, arms, legs, and feet in profile but human eyes and shoulders frontally because they believed this to be the

a. favored format of the gods.
b. best way to fit a large number of figures into a scene.
c. most efficient way to align these body parts.
d. most characteristic view of these body parts.


Answer: d

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