While patrons of the arts during the Northern Renaissance often commissioned works such as tapestries and illuminated manuscripts, patrons of the arts during the Italian Renaissance opted for A) prose and poetry. B) music and theater. C) portraits and drawings. D) paintings and sculptures.

D) Paintings and sculpture

Explanation:

Artists, like Michelangelo, were hired by wealthy people to make sculptures. They can also be commissioned by the Church to glorify their role in the spiritual world and such. Patrons' main goal of art is to flex their wealth and power.

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