Horaces doctrine ut pictura poesis was interpreted to mean______________?

A. A picture is worth a thousand words.

B. Poetry ought to be a visual as well as a verbal art.

C. Poetry is the supreme artistic form.

D. Art should hold a mirror up to nature.

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