Copying Other Artists
Artists with a more intricate and detailed method of painting used ideas drawn from old paintings depicting gods from ancient mythology. All of these paintings were similar in the way they depicted the main subject and the new artist tended to follow their ideals.
A Good Illustration
To give you an idea of what we mean, the sculpture of Zeus was made to show the mythological god as having long locks and facial hair which sounds familiar! The effigy is as awe-inspiring to us today as it was to the complex painters in the past and they too wanted the people viewing their artwork to feel the same.