Question

1 Read the selection from the section "The Pre-Renaissance Period."

Giotto di Bondone was the most famous artist of this period. He revealed a new style that depended on clear and simple structure, and showed a high level of awareness of what was going on in his subjects' minds. The great poet Dante lived at about the same time as Giotto, and Dante's poetry shows a similar concern with inward experience and the subtle shades and variations of human nature.

What does the author convey by referring to Dante's poetry?

(A) that Dante's writing influenced the art Giotto created during the proto-renaissance period

(B) that Dante and Giotto were the most prominent artists of the proto-renaissance period

(C) that proto-renaissance ideas influenced literature as well as other art forms

(D) that proto-renaissance ideas revived an interest in poetry as an art form

Answer 1

(B) that Dante and Giotto were the most prominent artists of the proto-renaissance period

Step-by-step explanation:

The author tries to show how Dante and Giotto were important and influential artists of the proto-renaissance period, even presenting works in different media, the two managed to capture the intimate, the conscience and the sensations, which were characteristic characteristics of the works of art of that period. These characteristics and the importance of these two men for the construction of art and literature is what has made them influential artists until today, and they can be even more influential than they were in their times.