During the renaissance, cities like florence, genoa, and venice were important mostly because they

a. places where artists thrived.

b. centers of trade and commerce.

c. home to the best universities in europe.

d. under direct control of the king of italy.

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wood carving remains today the primary sculptural art form of the sub saharan continent. african art history shows the earliest wooden sculptures from the 17th c are attributed to the kuba, central zaire but the earliest surviving sub-saharan sculpture is a zoomorphic head found in 1928 in central angola.

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