The _____________ is the time period in the West in which a distinction was made between the applied arts, or minor arts, and the major arts of painting and sculpture.
a. Industrial Revolution
b. Renaissance
c. Middle Ages
d. American Studio Craft Movement
e. none of these are correct
b. Renaissance
a. Incorrect. Though the Industrial Revolution had a major impact on the arts, the distinction between minor and major arts was already a long tradition.
b. Correct. In the Renaissance, with the emphasis on individual genius, the distinction was made between minor and major arts.
c. Incorrect. In the Middle Ages, there was no category of fine arts as we think of them today.
d. Incorrect. While these distinctions were of interest to the participants of American Studio Craft Movement, the distinction between minor and major arts was already a long tradition.
e. Incorrect. This distinction was made during the Italian Renaissance in the West.
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