Giovanni Bologna titled his sculptural invention Rape of the Sabine Women

a. to give it more erotic appeal.
b. because a colleague suggested the Sabines as a subject.
c. to justify the serpentine composition.
d. because he wished to shock his public.

Answer: b

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