Classical Greek sculpture, such as the kouros, was intended to show
A) the ideal essence of humanity.
B) man with all his shortcomings.
C) how contemporary Greeks looked.
D) an abstract image beyond reality.
E) the imagination and individualism of the sculptor.
Answer: A
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