Paintings of moral lessons, such as Angelica Kauffmann’s Cornelia Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures, that educate and improve the viewer are called ______.
a. academic paintings
b. revolutionary paintings
c. landscape paintings
d. history paintings
e. none of these are correct
d. history paintings
a. Incorrect. Not all academic paintings were intended to educate and improve the viewer.
b. Incorrect. Kauffmann’s painting is not revolutionary.
c. Incorrect. Landscape paintings did not typically contain moral lessons.
d. Correct. Paintings intended to improve the morality of a viewer are called history paintings.
e. Incorrect. Paintings intended to improve the morality of a viewer are called history paintings.
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