http://www.articleheaven.net en-us editorial@articlealley.com The 15th and 16th centuries saw the rise of capitalism and a growing middle class, the creation of modern nation states, and the upheaval of the Protestant Reformation. For artists, an innovation of evenly far-reaching importance was the perfection of oil... http://www.articleheaven.net/northern-european-painting-of-the-15th16th-centuries-1186815.html 20th October 2009