What helped lead to Frederick Edwin Church’s popularity?
a. His paintings expressed a sense of nostalgia.
b. He painted portraits of the elite.
c. His painting depicted the grandeur of nature.
d. Both a and c are correct.
e. None of these are correct.
d. Both a and c are correct.
a. Incorrect. While Church’s paintings did express a sense of nostalgia for the disappearing American landscape, this is not the complete answer.
b. Incorrect. Church was primarily a painter of landscape not portraiture.
c. Incorrect. While Church’s paintings did depict the grandeur of the American landscape, this is not the complete answer.
d. Correct. Church’s painting were popular because they both expressed the grandeur of the American landscape and the nostalgia that came from its gradual disappearance.
e. Incorrect. Church’s painting were popular because they both expressed the grandeur of the American landscape and the nostalgia that came from its gradual disappearance.
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