Both the medici family and the popes of rome were great patrons of the arts during the renaissance in europe. what does their patronage of great artists tell us about these two groups of people?
a. both groups had a great love for the arts and had wanted to be artists themselves.

b. bothe groups had a great deal of civic pride in their cites, rome and florence.

c. both groups had a lot of money and power, and also great political influence.

d. both groups wished to be immortalized--remembered forever--through art.

The correct answer is c. Both groups had a lot of money and power, and also great political influence.

Explanation:

I took the same test and got this question right.

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explanation: in 1955 in montgomery, alabama, a girl refused to give up her seat on a public bus. the girl was black, and the passenger looking to take her seat was white. this is a familiar tale, but it's not about rosa parks. the girl in the story is a 15-year-old high school student named claudette colvin, and this act of defiance occurred nine months before rosa parks did the same thing. colvin was arrested, and her case is what led to the u.s. supreme court's order for the desegregation of alabama's bus system. so, why don't we know colvin's name? "later i had a child born out of wedlock; i became pregnant when i was 16," colvin says. "and i didn't fit the image either, of, you know, someone they would want to show off.