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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah sometimes we forget that art movements/styles existed intentionally well before the 19th century lol.

Yes, but Europe after the 6th century AD and before the 14th century AD suffered from a pretty severe lack of artistic transmission of techniques. Even Byzantines were praising wooden-as-fuck depictions of saints as 'lifelike'.

Poverty and barriers to travel and communication are deeply damaging to artistic movements.