@PhilipDBunn modern artists like Rothko or Pollock, Klee, Picasso, etc. were all intentionally moving away from Renaissance "illusionism" - the recreation of the 3D on a 2D surface. This was intentional, and indeed moat artists sought to make more "childish" art (cont'd) @PhilipDBunn Reinaissance art represented Enlightenment ideals which then led to Romanticism which brought the world the horrors and destructions of World Wars, holocaust. Artists intentionally no longer wanted to recreate the world, for the world was chaotic and destructive