Why was soul music an important form of social expression in the last half of the twentieth century? It influenced the U. S. Government to abolish slavery. It gave a voice to African Americans who felt they were not being heard. It made a number of African Americans wealthy. It was the first African American music to become popular in the United States.

i believe the answer is: a.  abstract forms were often used to represent human figures.

representing human figures in abstract forms is often used in the geometric period, not hellenistic  period.   during the hellenistic  period,   aesthetic value derived from creating arts which mimic the actual shape of a certain object or individuals.

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eugene boudin greatly inspired claude monet's art.