How does Benjamin West's The Death of General Wolfe (Fig. 30-28) illustrate the artist's radical approach to the academic tradition of Neoclassical history painting?
A. It shows the death of the hero.
B. Its popularity led it to be reproduced as a print.
C. It rejects Reynold's notion of the Grand Manner.
D. It depicts a contemporary subject.
Answer: D
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