Northern Renaissance artists used elaborate symbolism in their work in part as a reaction to: A. the spread of engraved woodcuts
among portrait painters. B. the Protestant iconoclasm that developed out of the Reformation. C. advances in geometry and optics made by Flemish mathematicians. D. Grünewald's merging of International Gothic and Italian Renaissance styles. E. I'm not sure.
As Renaissance art moved through Northern Europe, themes adapted to local customs. The Northern artists had a meticulous rendering of details. The artists <span>used symbols to represent the religious meanings in paintings</span>
<span>The city of Pompeii is important because of the way
Vesuvius both destroyed and preserved it, but in the 1st Century AD it
had little special significance.</span>
Some people in the art field distinguish between assembling, which brings sculpture parts on or near each other, and constructing, which joins the pieces through a process such as welding or nailing.
