Napoleon rejected Antoino Canova's statue of him as Mars, because he

a. needed to remove himself from a military image.
b. had ordered himself portrayed as Augustus, not Mars.
c. desired to be portrayed as taller, not his actual height.
d. thought displaying himself as a nude was inappropriate.


Answer: d

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