Illusionism in fresco painting arguably reached its apogee in which work?

a) Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling
b) the cave paintings in Ajanta, India
c) Giorgio Vasari's The Art of Painting
d) Artemisia Gentileschi's Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting


Answer: a

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