The sculpture The Dying Slave, employing the contrapposto stance, was created by which artist?
A. Kiki Smith
B. Michelangelo
C. Rodin
D. Martin Puryear
E. Petah Coyne
B
During the Renaissance, the study of Greek and Roman achievement brought the idealized body and the contrapposto stance back to Western art. The Dying Slave was one of a series of works Michelangelo designed for a tomb of Pope Julius II and illustrates this style.
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