After World War II, almost all of Western and Eastern Europe was in literal ruins. Countries such as Germany and France saw major battles and were economically destroyed with millions dead and broken infrastructure.
The Situation in Britain was similar, which had seen some of the worst bombing raids conducted by the German air force.
Spain, Portugal, England and France all wanted to establish territories in the Western Hemisphere. The reasons were to gain more territory and to take advantage of all the raw resources found in the New World, Especially gold and silver along with timber and other resources. It was for a Competition of the Empires so that they'd become the most powerful in the world.
Italian fourteenth century artists demonstrate their change in status bybeing included among the practitioners of the liberal arts, that was considered a higher level than the mechanical arts, their efforts paid off, and some of the great masters, such as Titian and Michelangelo, by the force of their genius and personality, were able to achieve a measure of status and respect that their predecessors rarely enjoyed, they were inspired by the ideas and forms of ancient Greece and Rome and put it together with their desire to create a universal art form that could express the new and more secure mood of the times.
I believe your answer is D.
