One of the foremost preoccupations of the Italian Renaissance artists was
A. making religious art sublime.
B. reinstating Roman religious and mythologic figures as important cultural touchstones.
C. redeveloping the techniques of the ancient masters.
D. realistically portraying the human nude.
E. painting Jesus as a western European figure.
Answer: D
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a. first and second centuries. b. second and third centuries. c. fourth and fifth centuries. d. sixth and seventh centuries. e. eighth and ninth centuries.
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