So, initially they came up with four lines and then eventually five and even six, and then they went back to five by the fifteenth century.
那么,他们最初提出的是四条线,但是最终却是五条线,甚至六条线,然后在十五世纪又回到了五条线
When oil paint replaced tempera in the fifteenth century, it helped painters to deal with difficult subjects like the human figure because, unlike tempera, oil can be blended and overpainted.