While Italian Renaissance painters favored idealism,the painters of the Northern Renaissance preferred

A) realism.
B) individualism.
C) cubism.
D) romanticism.
E) intellectualism.

Northern Renaissance

The cultural and intellectual movement in Europe, particularly in the northern regions, during the 14th to 17th centuries, characterized by a resurgence of interest in classical learning and values.

Italian Renaissance

A period of great cultural change and achievement in Italy that began in the 14th century, characterized by advancements in art, architecture, literature, and science.

Idealism

A philosophical approach asserting that reality, or reality as we can know it, is fundamentally mental, mentally constructed, or otherwise immaterial.