LIMITED TIME define the Renaissance technique of word painting

Using the device of word painting, the music tries to imitate the emotion, action, or natural sounds as described in the text. ... Conversely, if the text is joyful, the music may be set in a major key. This device was used often in madrigals and other works of the Renaissance and Baroque.

Explanation:

i believe the answer is: a.  abstract forms were often used to represent human figures.

representing human figures in abstract forms is often used in the geometric period, not hellenistic  period.   during the hellenistic  period,   aesthetic value derived from creating arts which mimic the actual shape of a certain object or individuals.

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