THOMAS DaCOSTA KAUFMANN
sicizing art. Travel also facilitated receptivity to new
forms. So did Italian specialization in certain media.
Conversely, some conditions or elements are consi-
dered that might have impeded the adoption or employ-
ment of Italian sculpture and sculptors. Questions of
function, change in patrons’ or clients’ taste, the conti-
nuation of local traditions of work in other sculptural
media, social restriction imposed by workshop and
guilds, and to a degree religion all may have provided
impediments. Finally Italian-trained northemers and al-
temative indigenous traditions may have challenged
Italian hegemony. Investigations of these issues may
provide a good starting place for a morę comprehensive
view of the Renaissance.
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sicizing art. Travel also facilitated receptivity to new
forms. So did Italian specialization in certain media.
Conversely, some conditions or elements are consi-
dered that might have impeded the adoption or employ-
ment of Italian sculpture and sculptors. Questions of
function, change in patrons’ or clients’ taste, the conti-
nuation of local traditions of work in other sculptural
media, social restriction imposed by workshop and
guilds, and to a degree religion all may have provided
impediments. Finally Italian-trained northemers and al-
temative indigenous traditions may have challenged
Italian hegemony. Investigations of these issues may
provide a good starting place for a morę comprehensive
view of the Renaissance.
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