this post was submitted on 21 May 2026
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We now have access to a staggering amount of art.
In, say, the Middle Ages, few people owned illustrated books, even fewer owned art like paintings. Many never left their own small town, so if you weren't in Rome et al you were on your own artistically. Things can get weird (like these cats).