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> Painting was always first and foremost for spiritual and religious purposes, not for documenting things. There was a time (most of human history) when painti
by RecycledEle 3y ago
> Painting was always first and foremost for spiritual and religious purposes, not for documenting things.
There was a time (most of human history) when painting was the most realistic way we had of conveying images.
- otabdeveloper4 3y agoTechnically true, but irrelevant - practically nobody used painting for that purpose throughout history. (People didn't care about "realism" at all, that is a recent 20th century fixation.)