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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Perspective drawing was only made popular after the Dark Ages in Europe. I’m sure some people could do it, but the focus was more on capturing a larger scenario like a battle or a royal ceremony than depicting a photorealistic apple, y’know?
Arts like painting and drawing weren’t sponsored or even encouraged as a practice until patronage was possible (in a society with unequal wealth distribution funny enough), so likely nobody had the time, money, or resources to develop their own style of what we consider “realistic” art.
I’ve heard that photography has facilitated hyper realistic painting by giving artists infinite static references they can observe from any angle and distance.
Same reason they didn’t have efficient microchips back in caveman times, people get better at stuff and pass down information
Im no expert but isn’t it like writing? Kindof got refined down the time line
Why are people who used to type things be like more different than now? Education would be my guess.
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