> they intentionally didn't go for total realism as that was imitating God's work This is not true. Renaissance painters generally did strive for realism in pe

> they intentionally didn't go for total realism as that was imitating God's work This is not true. Renaissance painters generally did strive for realism in perspective, anatomy etc. Sometimes they failed because it is really difficult. (After the invention of photography artists just use photo references which makes it a lot easier.) Sometimes they let artistic considerations take priority. In historical and mythological paintings they didn’t stive for realism in subject matter and overall impression, but they did strive to get the physical details correct or better than reality.