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> If someone else is dictating your craft, you're the tool, not the artist Not quite. According to this view, prominent artists from the Renaissance were just
by Hoasi 10y ago
> If someone else is dictating your craft, you're the tool, not the artist
Not quite. According to this view, prominent artists from the Renaissance were just tools. Patronage made possible some of the best pieces in art history. In fact artists didn't even get to pick their subjects until relatively recently.
The line between commercial (commissioned), craft and artistic endeavour (self-expression) are often blurred.
And yes, art is escaping definition, and it should.
- tizzdogg 10y agoI think a better analogy are all the assistants and apprentices that worked in the larger Renaissance studios. They produced work in the style of the masters, or duplicated their works, but they weren't doing original work, and are mostly forgotten today. Are they doing art? Or are they just craftsmen? I dint think it's about patronage.. most professional artists today have some form of patronage. I think it's a distinction between how much freedom that patronage gives you to do what you want vs realize someone else's vision.