ANSWER: King Louis XIV fought many expensive and never-ending series of wars across Europe. This enhanced the reputation of the King at home and abroad and also refilled the luxury fashion industry in the country. He transformed a hunting lodge outside Paris into the best place to showcase French culture and industry. He promoted not only fashion but art, music, theater, landscape gardening, and cuisine. He ordered a strict court dress code and etiquette to ensure a steady market for French clothing and jewelery. The King controlled his nobles to follow the French fashion even by bankrupting themselves. He believed luxury was necessary for economic health and reputation, survival and prestige of the monarchy.
I personally think its 1 due to prior knowledge of this course
Answer: A) C) D)
Explanation: I have found the statements that are missing in your question.
A. They frequently show life in the city. B. Their brushwork is very controlled and polished. C. They are done in the style of Realism, showing life as he saw it rather than in an ideal way. D. Critics believed the artwork belonged in an ash can and gave Sloan's group the nickname Ashcan School.
- John Sloan was an American painter and he is known for the urban scenes and neighborhood life in his art and that's why statement A is true, he was showing real life in the city that he lived in, New York.
- Because of the real-life that he was representing in his artworks, statement C is also true, they are realistic and in that case, the style is Realism, nothing is idealized in his artworks.
- He was one of the founders of Ashcan School and the term of that school he didn't like at all because of the critic's beliefs. (D)
