In his treatise on painting, Leon Battista Alberti asserts that painting is
a) an intellectual pursuit, dedicated to accurately replicating nature.
b) the highest art, entitling painters to the highest place in society.
c) an emotional expression of inner feeling.
d) a form of mathematics based on the principles of geometry.
Answer: a
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