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The Northern Renaissance (Artistic Ideas Spread (Invasion (In 1494, a…

- - - - Many Italian artists and writers left for a safer life in Northern Europe. They brought with them the styles and techniques of the Italian Renaissance.
        
        Northern European artists who studied in Italy carried Renaissance ideas back to their homelands.
- - - - Urban merchants became wealthy enough to sponsor artists. This happened first in Flanders, which was rich from long-distance trade and the cloth industry. Then, as wealth increased in other parts of Northern Europe, patronage of artists increased as well.
      - How were artists sponsored? How could they afford to continue on that path?
    - - These rulers often sponsored the arts by purchasing paintings and by supporting artists and writers.
        
        Francis I of France invited Leonardo da Vinci to retire in France, and hired Italian artists and architects to rebuild and decorate his castle at Fontainebleau. The castle became a showcase for Renaissance art.
      - As Renaissance ideas spread out of Italy, they mingled with northern traditions. As a result, the northern Renaissance developed its own character.
        
        The artists were especially interested in realism. The Renaissance ideal of human dignity inspired some northern humanists to develop plans for social reform based on Judeo-Christian values.
        
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