During the Golden Age of Athens, known as the Classical period, Greek art, such as the sculpture the Spear Bearer (fig. 2.28) or the Acropolis and Parthenon (fig. 15.12) of Athens, emphasized __________

A. military heroism
B. dramatic, emotionally active images
C. rationality and idealized beauty
D. images of the dead and the afterlife


C

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