Studying art history to understand AI evolution

Artificial intelligence (AI) has made remarkable progress creating images that are not only breathtaking, but astonishingly diverse in style. Ten years ago, such an achievement would have been deemed unlikely by experts. Today, AI can create images using specific artistic styles, such as Van Gogh's unique approach, with an infinite range of variations. This raises an intriguing question. A very accurate, detailed, and faithful reproduction of a scene, where realism is aimed for: Ave Caesar!