L'art pour l'art is actually a rather modern concept. Da Vinci was paid to sculpt/paint. Does that make him any less of an artist than, let's say, van Gogh?
Yes it does, in my opinion. He's working on commission, getting paid etc. Later generations looking at his creations and deciding that it's "art" is something different entirely.
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Date: 2012-03-22 10:04 pm (UTC)Yes it does, in my opinion. He's working on commission, getting paid etc. Later generations looking at his creations and deciding that it's "art" is something different entirely.