Unlike painting from the medieval period, Renaissance artists

The answer is D.  During the Renaissance, artist tried to make their work as realistic as possible. With the careful use of light and the study of human anatomy, they tried to have a harmonious proportion of the human body, which was not the case in medieval art.  They also tended to use a natural background rather than a biblical setting like in most medieval art.  

the tallest building in the western hemisphere and the sixth tallest building in the world

in the 1950s, country music came into its own before rock-n-roll took off in the 60s while jazz and classical music continued to innovate