A work of art that uses a tragic Roman tale to arouse feelings of patriotism, self-sacrifice, and civic virtues in its viewers is:
A. Sortie of Captain Banning Cocq's Company of the Civic Guard.
B. The Ashes of Phokion.
C. Las Meninas.
D. The Progress of Love.
E. The Oath of the Horatii.
E
The painting depicts the stirring moment when three Roman brothers swear before their father to fight to the death to spare their fellow citizens.
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a. true b. false
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