Question

One reason for the limited number of female artists in the middle ages and the renaissance was that women __________________.

a. could not work professionally as artists
b. were not allowed to learn skills of drawing or painting
c. were not admitted to guilds
d. were not allowed formal apprenticeships

Answer 1

They were not allowed to learn skills of drawing or painting. Most art schools did not except woman, and the few that did emerge as artists were often secretly taught by their fathers.