Giovanni Bologna’s Rape of the Sabine Women is considered a work of sculptural genius because it

a. unites three figures in a single spiral.
b. is the first truly Mannerist sculpture.
c. is the first modern three-dimensional work to employ Classical contrapposto.
d. shows emotion with unprecedented candor.


Answer: a

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