15 ! how was renaissance art and architecture financed?
a. wealthy merchant families, such as the medici, paid artists and architects to create masterpieces.
b. townspeople paid a special tax to underwrite public sculptures and buildings.
c. most artists and architects came from merchant families whose wealth supported them.
d. art galleries and museums bid against each other for great works, often driving prices very high.

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Igor stravinksy’s ballet, the rite of spring, featured clashing music, harsh sounds and deliberately ugly dancing. upon its premier, theater goers literally rioted in the seats of the venue. historians argue this moment is a “breaking point” where europe proves it is destined to be plunged into world war i. why would historians make such a claim? a people were genuinely angry that someone so bad at composing could make a ballet b the ballet represents colonialism. it showed the consequences of centuries of exploitation of non-european people. c the ballet represents the changing ideologies of modernity. the youth of europe breaking all the old rules and the old guard clinging on to the last bits of power d the ballet represents war itself. it drudged up old rivalries between the french and german peoples, inciting the lust for combat.