I’m asking because paintings, whether on the wall of a cave, or on generally of a King or Queen in ancient times look quite weird. Not necessarily in a bad way, it has its own cool art style, but they are not realistic or anywhere close.
If human beings have a natural talent, photographic memory or incredible artistic ability today where they can make TikToks of painting ultra realistic art with fire, chalk or charcoal etc Why do we almost never see realism in painting/artistic history? I’m talking paintings specifically not sculptures btw
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It may have to do with references. You couldn’t just stare at a picture in a screen for hours back then for you to copy 1:1. And in case you ask about landscapes, remember the light is always changing, the wind is moving things around constantly… things like that.
It also may have to do with the material at our disposal. Nowadays you can just buy colors at the store, perfectly functional and sharp pencils and for cheap… back then, it was basically all DIY.
It could simply be… because we have more time nowadays to do what we want. Back then, you were the apprentice under a master (if you were lucky enough), as knowledge was something only the rich could readily access (so very little people that were rich enough + interested in arts).
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