Civilization as we understand it was already thousands of years old, then, and actually expressive art from the period is easy to find. These frescoes were pai

Civilization as we understand it was already thousands of years old, then, and actually expressive art from the period is easy to find. These frescoes were painted at great expense on behalf of an elite figure. He could afford to have expressive art if he cared enough to demand it, and was perceptive enough to recognize whether he had it. Evidently he didn't, or wasn't.