<P> In Naples , the painter Antonello da Messina began using oil paints for portraits and religious paintings at a date that preceded other Italian painters , possibly about 1450 . He carried this technique north and influenced the painters of Venice . One of the most significant painters of Northern Italy was Andrea Mantegna , who decorated the interior of a room , the Camera degli Sposi for his patron Ludovico Gonzaga , setting portraits of the family and court into an illusionistic architectural space . </P>
<P> In Naples , the painter Antonello da Messina began using oil paints for portraits and religious paintings at a date that preceded other Italian painters , possibly about 1450 . He carried this technique north and influenced the painters of Venice . One of the most significant painters of Northern Italy was Andrea Mantegna , who decorated the interior of a room , the Camera degli Sposi for his patron Ludovico Gonzaga , setting portraits of the family and court into an illusionistic architectural space . </P>
a significant change in art during the italian renaissance was
a significant change in art during the italian renaissance was
using oil paints for portraits and religious paintings
using oil paints for portraits and religious paintings