Why are humans depicted in paintings from ancient civilizations like different than now? Weren’t there artists who could paint realistic paintings?

Question

Weren’t there artists at that time who could draw humans for what they actually looked like. For instance, look at the paintings of kings from the 17th Century or before.

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Answer 1

it’s mainly related to the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. that was when all the ancient texts on Euclidean geometry were brought back to Europe, which enabled people to calculate proportions and angles. one of the earliest examples of hyper-realistic art in the modern times goes back to Albrecht Dürer, who lived at the beginning of the 16th century