Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait demonstrates the way art of the Northern Renaissance differs from that of the Italian Renaissance in which of the following ways?
a. It makes use of linear perspective.
b. It features carefully rendered details painted in oils.
c. It was commissioned for the catholic church.
d. It portrays figures that make reference to Classical forms.
Ans: b. It features carefully rendered details painted in oils.
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