Whay are really old paintings shitty?

[wikkedonez]

A fool and his money are soon parted...

[Novena]

And old sculptures are not?  I am not an Art major, but maybe one of you high class getbiggers can enlighten me as to why a sculpture, say from ancient Greece, looks like an actual person, yet old ass paintings and drawings of people look like shit?  Is it the paintbrush or canvas quality?  I mean, ancient Egyptians were doing great sculptures, yet their paintings looked like crap, no detail.  WTF?

The actual  answer for your question is, "Because the Renaissance hadn't happened yet."
If you can pay attention for the full 52 minutes, it lays out the full, complete line of events.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2cjjme_the-day-the-universe-changed-03-10-point-of-view-scientific-imagination-in-the-renaissance_shortfilms

[2Thick]

[Yamcha]

Gilbert Grape's mom. Always had sexual fantasies about her. 

[Teutonic Knight]

Why is primitive Afro art so primitive  ,