Because of the influence of humanism renaissance art focused on the importance of

I believe the correct answer is: human beings (individuals).

The artistic epoch of Humanism emphasizes the significance of rational thought, rather than adherence to the principles of faith. Therefore, the influence of the Humanism on Renaissance art was a focus on dignity, freedom and the human potential of realizing self-actualization. But, even though individual is in the focus, the God was not abandoned.

photography had emerged as an elite art pursued by a few creative individuals for a few wealthy patrons. but now, said bauldelaire, it was succumbing to "the great industrial madness of our times." it was becoming a mass production industry that catered to middle-class tastes, including a taste for gadgetry. the stereoscope, the first 3d imaging system, had turned looking at photographs into parlor entertainment. a "thousand hungry eyes were bending over the peepholes of the stereoscope as though they were the attic-windows of the infinite.