Normally the Medieval and Renaissance periods were focused on the Voice, and the Lute family; such as the Mandolin. And thus are less (unfortunately) performed or heard due to the lack of specification of which instruments play where.
Baroque however in its earliest periods tended to have focused on specifying which instruments played where and when instead of the former of if an instrument can play within a certain octave then it can play that part.
Also Baroque music has more of the, what most would consider "Iconic" composers of the late Classical Music Era's. Such Frederic Handel, or Johann Bach, and even the Johann Pachelbel.
Not that the Medieval nor Renaissance periods had any highly recognized composers, its just what is taught more in educational environments as well.
Answer:
Painting needed to serve as useful and accurate historical documents, and therefore had to appear realistic.
Explanation:
There may be many reasons for realism in art before photography. One of them is that at that time, probably, artists and society weren't ready for other kinds of artistic exploration. If you think about it, artistic vanguards all came during the 20th century, when the world and humanity were in a different time and context. But before that, and before photography, art wasn't merely focused on the artist's expression and individuality. Artists served royalty and religion, and had the objective of working as a documentation of those times. Michelangelo, for instance, worked for the Medici family. And that's only one example. Kings of all countries had artists painting them, portraying life in castles, parties, births, etc. When photography came along, arts changed completely as it wasn't necessary to use it as a documentation tool.
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