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 used symbols to represent the religious meanings in paintings
