Spanish and Portuguese Renaissance

In Spain and Portugal, Renaissance art is first influenced by the art of the Northern Renaissance in its interest in rendering the smallest details, and later Titian, Raphael, and Bosch become important influences. For much of the Middle Ages, Spain had been home to three dominant religions: Islam, Christianity, and Judaism and the coexistence, of these groups characterized Spain until 1492, By the mid-sixteenth century, the Spanish controlled an impressive amount of land throughout the Americas and paintings, prints, and decorative objects moved between Spain and the Viceroyalty of New Spain and New Peru. The vastness and diversity of the Portuguese Empire (in Asia, Africa and South America) was a key factor behind the Portuguese Renaissance.