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

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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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Anonymous 0 Comments

Might be the like difference between a professional photographer, on a shoot, and a guy taking pictures at an accident scene as an investigator. Maybe the standard for the ancient drawings was only focused on the historical documentation aspect, and not the aesthetics.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Same reason they didn’t have efficient microchips back in caveman times, people get better at stuff and pass down information

Anonymous 0 Comments

I’ve heard that photography has facilitated hyper realistic painting by giving artists infinite static references they can observe from any angle and distance.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Why are people who used to type things be like more different than now? Education would be my guess.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Im no expert but isn’t it like writing? Kindof got refined down the time line