Patrons funded artists and often paid a selection of chosen artists a salary. This injection of money in an artist was often exchanged for artworks and/or commissions, this dramatically helped impoverished artists hone their craft and develop new ideas for artworks. Also, patrons often commission artists to create an artwork with a specific brief or themes that they themselves have chosen, shaping the content of the artwork also.
Patronage is the correct answer
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Angelica Kauffman is the artist of this painting.
The correct answer should be <span>C. baroque
Most cantatas are related to religious things so they are serious and don't have a lot of huge stages with costumes and hairs and the topics and themes sung about are mostly serious while operas can often have even obscene lyrics or anything similar that wouldn't be good for church.</span>