What Figure Popularized the Taste for the Austere Works of Ancient

question 22

Multiple Choice

What figure popularized the taste for the austere works of ancient Greece?

• A) William Hogarth
• B) Thomas Jefferson
• C) Johann J. Winckelmann
• D) Francois Boucher

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