- Painting during this period featured solemn facial expressions and distorted space/perspectives to fit domestic interiors. Artists closely observed and perfectly rendered nature, fabrics, and other materials. - Jan van Eyck helped perfect oil painting techniques like atmospheric perspective and fine realistic details. His works include the Ghent Altarpiece and The Arnolfini Portrait. - Albrecht Dürer was a leading German Renaissance artist influenced by Italian styles but with his own ideas. He created remarkable self-portraits and woodcut prints that helped disseminate Renaissance ideas.