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ProstMeister t1_iyejt4f wrote

Reply to comment by nrron in eli5 How come people back in the day didn’t have super realistic portraits? by Biscotti_Trick

Consider also that in former times, rules and techniques on how to properly render perspectives were unknown. Bringing a 3D scene to a 2D drawing is not so trivial.

More on that topic: http://www.essentialvermeer.com/technique/perspective/history.html#:~:text=In%20its%20mathematical%20form%2C%20linear,De%20pictura%20%5BOn%20Painting%5D

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