No, I'm talking about drawings and paintings, just like I said. I share your appreciation for, say, the 12th century frescos in the Apse of Sant Climent de Taü

No, I'm talking about drawings and paintings, just like I said. I share your appreciation for, say, the 12th century frescos in the Apse of Sant Climent de Taüll [1], but there's nothing remotely good about the draftsmanship in any way. The best of early medieval painters are solidly outclassed by the primary schoolers of the industrial revolution. Illuminations, you say? Like the famous drawings in the St. Albans Psalter? [2] Or the great Saxon Benedictional of St. Athelwold? [3] No sense of perspective, or even any recognition of a third dimension. And what the fuck is going on with the anatomy? Would you frame anything from the Babmurg Apocalypse and put it on your wall? The French [4] and the Germans [5] were no better, and things didn't improve in the 13th century [6]. And then, seemingly overnight, the Renaissance happened and we had masters like Michelangelo setting standards for the rest of history. Explain that? 1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apse_of_Sant_Climent,_Ta%C3%BCll#/media/File:Meister_aus_Tahull_001.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apse_of_Sant_Climent,_Ta%C3%BC... 2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Albans_Psalter#/media/File:Maria_Magdalena_berichtet_den_J%C3%BCngern.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Albans_Psalter#/media/File... 3 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedictional_of_St._%C3%86thelwold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedictional_of_St._%C3%86the... 4 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottonian_art#/media/File:11th-century_painters_-_Gospel_Book_of_Otto_III_-_WGA15919.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottonian_art#/media/File:11th-... 5 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolingian_art#/media/File:Ebbo_Gospels_St_Mark.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolingian_art#/media/File:Eb... 6 - https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/286 https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/286