The correct answer is A.
The artists during the Middle ages were influenced by the teachings of the Church and their art focused more on religious figures and themes. The intelectual philosophy of humanism affected the Renaissance artists with the belief of man being the center and not God. Even in paintings of a religious figure, the focus was on man.
Answer:
Civil Service Act
competitive examinations
Explanation:
The Civil Service Act of 1883 presents the federal vision to guarantee federal jobs on the basis of merit. This act has replaced the spoil system in which the job of federal employees were depending on the loyalty towards the political party. A new system of competitive exam ensured that jobs of federal employees no more depend on the political leaders.
Answer:
B
Explanation:
Mary Harris, AKA Mother Jones, dedicated her life to ending child labor in the mines.
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claiming that the boundary was the Nueces River to the northeast of the Rio Grande, considered the advance of Taylor's army an act of aggression
Explanation:
Known as the Renaissance, the period immediately following the Middle Ages in Europe saw a great revival of interest in the classical learning and values of ancient Greece and Rome. Against a backdrop of political stability and growing prosperity, the development of new technologies–including the printing press, a new system of astronomy and the discovery and exploration of new continents–was accompanied by a flowering of philosophy, literature and especially art. The style of painting, sculpture and decorative arts identified with the Renaissance emerged in Italy in the late 14th century; it reached its zenith in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, in the work of Italian masters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael. In addition to its expression of classical Greco-Roman traditions, Renaissance art sought to capture the experience of the individual and the beauty and mystery of the natural world.
