Equestrian statues were reminders of Rome's glory. Charlemagne returned to Rome after his coronation with an equestrian statue of Theodoric. Whose statue served as the ultimate model for such equestrian portraits?

The French paid little attention to neoclassicism until the 1700s

a. true b. false

Ficino, the leader of Florence's Platonic Academy,

A. reconciled Greek and Byzantine thought. B. harmonized Platonic and Aristotelian thought. C. wrote a treatise on painting. D. developed a spiritual interpretation of love.