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minus-squarekeki_ya [none/use name]hexbear4·edit-24 years agoI think I read somewhere that expressive faces just weren’t a big concern in Medieval art. It became standard to depict personal expression during the Renaissance iirc and probably has something to do with humanism if I had to guess Okay I found where I got it from https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/35do0x/why_do_people_in_medieval_art_look_bored_or/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf link
I think I read somewhere that expressive faces just weren’t a big concern in Medieval art. It became standard to depict personal expression during the Renaissance iirc and probably has something to do with humanism if I had to guess
Okay I found where I got it from
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/35do0x/why_do_people_in_medieval_art_look_bored_or/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf