What characterizes the Northern Song court style of painting under Emperor Huizong?

A. a sophisticated melding of Buddhist and Daoist ideas through a complex iconography
B. precise, exquisitely detailed paintings of a variety of subjects
C. simplified forms, stark contrasts of light and dark, asymmetry and empty spaces
D. extensive copying of paintings from the Tang dynasty

Answer: B

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