1 Read the selection from the section "The Pre-Renaissance Period." Giotto di Bondone was the most famous artist of this period. He revealed a new style that depended on clear and simple structure, and showed a high level of awareness of what was going on in his subjects' minds. The great poet Dante lived at about the same time as Giotto, and Dante's poetry shows a similar concern with inward experience and the subtle shades and variations of human nature.

What does the author convey by referring to Dante's poetry?

(A) that Dante's writing influenced the art Giotto created during the proto-renaissance period

(B) that Dante and Giotto were the most prominent artists of the proto-renaissance period

(C) that proto-renaissance ideas influenced literature as well as other art forms

(D) that proto-renaissance ideas revived an interest in poetry as an art form