In the Mid-Nineteenth Century,the General European Attitude Toward American Art

In the mid-nineteenth century,the general European attitude toward American art and literature

A) was that American artists had little to offer Europe.
B) was one of growing respect and admiration.
C) included praise for American artists for defining a new set of national virtues.
D) included criticism of American artists for ignoring romanticism.
E) was that it had been hopelessly corrupted by the ideology of unfettered capitalism.