ockham opened this issue on Jan 28, 2002 ยท 6 posts
Impudicus Rex posted Mon, 28 January 2002 at 3:08 PM
. Most of what we now consider classic was produced strictly for money<< S'true. The rennisance was by and large feuled by commissonary work for the Papacy or nobles trying to stave of hellfire. Toulouse Lautrec did most of his works on table cloths to pay for his meal, or painting up the brothel furniture in lieu of rent. Picasso used to buy his groceries with signed cheques. No one ever cashed them. That Toulouse sure had a good thing goin'!