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Koen G · (This post was last modified: 03-10-2019, 07:19 PM by Koen G.)

Guys, please be careful with the huge quotes, this is really annoying for people trying to follow the conversation.

Anyway, I think the point that should not be forgotten is that medieval drawings of architecture are often not meant as accurate pictures. Here's an image of Cadmus' men founding Thebes, an event that took place well before the Trojan war. They are building what looks like a church, with a typical medieval gate and even an onion dome.

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While in a modern image this practice would be ridiculous, this "familiarization" was expected in the Middle Ages. Don't draw a realistic portrait of the thing, but rather evoke it in terms your audience can understand and relate to.