During the 18th century, beauty and art were discussed together because both:

A. were studied by the upper class.
B. were schools of philosophy.
C. were related to the senses.
D. were felt to provide pleasure.
E. involved vision.


D
Philosophers thought the character of pleasure was intellectual and the viewer's gaze upon an object is to take pleasure in what he or she is seeing.

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