Women artists such as caterina van hemessen benefited from the decline of religious painting and the increasing interest in which became a major source for their work.

Women artists such as caterina van hemessen benefited from the decline of religious painting and the increasing interest in portraits, which became a major source for their work.

Religion changed from primitive times through the renaissance period until today such that certain church conventions and rules were set about how the holy family could be portrayed. for instance: mary must always be in a blue mantle, jesus could only be in a white robe after the resurrection, jesus could no longer be seen pointing with his walking stick when performing a miracle, and so on.hope this

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