Write a paper on what prevented the artist from making a more accurate depiction of the lion; what stood in the way of preventing the artist from accurately portraying the animal?

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Inscribed on 13th-century artist Villard De Honnecourts drawing of a lion (see below) reads, Know well that is drawn from life. Write a paper on what prevented the artist from making a more accurate depiction of the lion; what stood in the way of preventing the artist from accurately portraying the animal? Where we lack a sufficient schema to render what we see/represent, we substitute preconceived formulas. How do stereotype, formula or convention differ from personal experience? Provide examples. Can one evade altogether the question of style?

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