Karni na 15 ya ga farkon zanen faransa. A cikin 1428, Jan van Eyck ya isa Portugal ta hanyar auren Isabel ɗiyar Sarki Juan I da Felipe el Bueno, Duke na Burgundy.
Wannan shine farkon kyakkyawar dangantaka da Flanders, wanda ya rinjayi zanen Fotigal.
Daga flamenco, masu fasahar Fotigal ba su da ilimin fasaha da tsara abubuwa kawai, har ma da hadisai biyu na zane, waɗanda ke daɗaɗa mahimmanci: zanen addini da zane-zane.
Wadannan halayen biyu a bayyane suke a cikin fasahar fasahar Fotigal na karni na 15, wato, bangarorin Rationaunar Saint Vincent de Nuno ana nunawa a cikin tsohuwar Lisbon Art Museum. An nada shi mai zanen kotu ga Sarki Alfonso na V a 1450 kuma an zana bangarorin tsakanin 1458 da 1464.
Makarantar zanen da ake kira Makarantar Arewa an kafa shi kusa da tsayin gine-ginen Manueline a cikin karni na 16. Wani shahararren mai zanen wannan salon, wanda ya yi amfani da yanayin ɗabi'a da cikakken shimfidar wurare a bayan fage, shi ne Vasco Fernandes, wanda aka fi sani da 'Grão Vasco.
Kusan lokaci guda akwai wata ƙungiyar da aka sani da Makarantar Lisbon, wacce ta samar da manyan masu zane-zane da yawa, ciki har da Jorge Afonso, Cristovão de Figueiredo, Fernandes Garcio, da Gregório Lopes, ɗayan sanannun masu fasaha na ƙarshen karni na 16.
Daya daga cikin shahararrun masu zane a tarihin Fotigal shi ne Amadeo de Souza Cardoso (1887-1918), ana iya ganin wasu daga cikin ayyukansu a arewacin garin Amarante.