What's an example of how the gaze is used within art history?
A. It describes the way participants in the floating world rendered in Japanese ukiyo-e prints look back at the viewer.
B. The gaze is how celebrants in a ritual union look at one another.
C. The gaze describes art historical analysis of the iconography of an image.
D. It's a privileged, one-directional mode of looking, such as when a European male looks upon a nude painting of a harem member.
Answer: D
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