- The 16th century saw artists taking their place in society
- Dominated by a few Italian artists Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Raphael with the exception of Durer in Germany
- Their influence was international due to printed accounts of their careers
- Religious reform – Protestant reform in Northern Europe
- The invention of printing was instrumental in spreading the writings of the reformers
- Italian Renaissance art spread quickly but was only gradually accepted in Northern Europe
- Italian Renaissance is associated with the Humanist movement
- Dynastic families in England and France adopted the Italian Renaissance, most notably for the tomb of Henry VII and his wife in Westminster Abbey
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