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Information and Ideas practice question
An art historian claims that the technique of painting on copper plates spread from Italy to the Netherlands in the late sixteenth century.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the historian's claim?
- A. The earliest dated Dutch paintings on copper are from the 1590s, and their painters are documented as having worked in Italy in the preceding decade.Correct
- B. Copper was mined in both Italy and the Netherlands.
- C. Dutch painters of the period often painted landscapes.
- D. Copper plates were more expensive than wooden panels.
Answer: A. The earliest dated Dutch paintings on copper are from the 1590s, and their painters are documented as having worked in Italy in the preceding decade.
Dutch copper paintings appear right after their painters' Italian stays: the route of spread.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Copper was mined in both Italy and the Netherlands.
- Availability of copper doesn't show where the technique came from.
- C. Dutch painters of the period often painted landscapes.
- Subject matter is irrelevant.
- D. Copper plates were more expensive than wooden panels.
- Cost is irrelevant to origin.
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