According to the author, landscape painting early in the nineteenth century was used to______.
A.finance a school of historical landscape painting
B.further the ambitions of young politicians
C.represent and reaffirm a new nation
D.realistically portray the physical beauty

A.A.finance
B.further
C.represent
D.realistically

【参考答案】

C
解析：从第二段第一句话中可以得知C“表现和强调一个新的民族的诞生”是正确的。