In the history of art, with what has the color black been associated?

a) Goethe associated black with the absence of good, but for African Americans, black is a color of pride.
b) In medieval art, black is associated with the owl, which symbolizes both wisdom and evil.
c) In the biblical book of Genesis, black is associated with the void before the creation and with the angels after the creation.
d) To Goethe, black was associated with both the divine creation and the discoveries of modern science.


Answer: a

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