Which of the following artworks best demonstrates the role of the viewer in determining the meaning of a work of art?
A)Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper
B)Clara Peeters's Still Life with Fruit and Flowers
C)Hendrick Goltzius's Dutch Visitors to Rome Looking at the Farnese Hercules
D)Kitagawa Utamaro's Courtesan Wakaume from the Tamaya in Edomachi

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Hendrick Goltzius's "Dutch Visitors to Rome Looking at the Farnese Hercules" best demonstrates the role of the viewer in determining the meaning of a work of art. This artwork explicitly includes viewers within the composition, thereby emphasizing the act of viewing and interpretation as part of the artwork's meaning.

Which of the Following Artworks Best Demonstrates the Role of the Viewer