To What Professions or Guilds Did Renaissance Artists Belong Before

question 41

Multiple Choice

To what professions or guilds did Renaissance artists belong before they were recognized as individual artists with a special genius?

• A) They belonged to whatever guild patronized them the most; it varied by city.
• B) Sculptors belonged to the builders' guild, painters to the architects' guild.
• C) Sculptors were under the masons' guild and painters belonged to the physicians' and apothecaries' guilds.
• D) They each had their own guild; later, those with exceptional talents worked independently of any guild.
• E) Sculptors belonged to the masons' guild; painters were grouped with the actors' guild.

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