[Red Badger]

True, and some Roman era wall paintings and murals show stunning creativity and realism that was definitely lost during the Middle Ages and would not be seen again until the Renaissance............

[Jamestown1630]

I think there have been a lot of reassessment of the Middle Ages in recent years. They weren’t as ‘dark’ as we have often thought:

https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/controversy/common-misconceptions/were-the-middle-ages-dark.html