In El Greco's View of Toledo, the artist departed from Renaissance painters by not painting ____

The monolithic pillars of Ashoka are said to serve as which of the following?

A. The path to enlightenment B. The cosmic mountain C. The axis of the universe D. The Wheel of the Law

White pottery in the Nishapur region, such as the plate with kufic border from Khurasan, was influenced by __________.

A. Chinese porcelain B. Roman wall painting C. Early Christian manuscripts D. Byzantine mosaics