[Jewelry making - Article 00130] - Re: [Orchid] Hubris and the artist

[marilyn smith]

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>     I think it comes from olden times - DaVinci, Michaelangelo - when
>     art was this mysterious, arcane thing that only a chosen few could
>     do, and artists were elevated much like the medical profession was 

    I think that they were like other artists of their time, commercial
    business people. They all were dependent on patrons to commission
    them to a work and those patrons often had a great deal to say about
    the what the piece was made of and what was depicted. 

marilyn
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