The ability to decipher Mayan writing has shifted our understanding of Mayan art. Whereas scholars ...

The ability to decipher Mayan writing has shifted our understanding of Mayan art. Whereas scholars previously believed Mayan art's purpose was to ________, they now believe it to have been ________.
 
  A. depict historic images; purely concerned with beauty
  B. display dream imagery and monsters; focused upon the everyday life of ordinary people
  C. present stories of the gods; almost entirely concerned with history
  D. celebrate the glories of rulers of the past; a symbolic representation of a complex legal system
  E. None of these answers is correct.