Sounds like what happened to portrait painting when photography came along. Portraits for middle class people were often produced assembly line fashion with one apprentice artist doing the hands, one doing the torso and clothing, etc, with the master artist painting the face. The apprentices learned the trade and they all earned a living. Then with photography the middle class just got a picture taken and the rich who wanted a real portrait had the master artist paint the whole thing. The industry broke down like the buggy whip business.
That’s really interesting. I had no idea about the assembly line factor.