What inspired Cameron's allegorical images?
Tableaux vivants and 15th-century Italian painters
Greek mythology
Contemporary fashion
Scandinavian folk tales
Answer
Cameron's allegorical images were inspired by tableaux vivants and 15th-century Italian painters. Tableaux vivants were a type of performance art popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, in which living people were arranged in poses to create scenes from history or literature. 15th-century Italian painters such as Botticelli and Ghirlandaio often used allegorical figures in their paintings to represent abstract concepts such as love, beauty, and wisdom.
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