Subnostr

It’s a very delicate thing, because you have to let the artist do exactly what they want to do, but you also have to choose the right person for the job.

plebiANON 2y ago

I was just over in Italy for 3 weeks and thought about this a lot. Lots of stories of artists and commissioners not seeing eye to eye.

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chowcollection 2y ago

Imagine going through all this trouble and expenses and then the patron hates the finished piece 😂 There’s certainly a risk of that happening, but I think the risk is minimized when you ask the artist to do whatever they think is right, and accept their decisions.

plebiANON 2y ago

Agreed. That’s actually what happened with The David (not to be confused with the Nostr), but the commissioner came back to Michelangelo and told him he didn’t like it and wanted a few things changed. Michelangelo took it back, changed nothing, and then re-delivered it. The commissioner then said it was perfect.

chowcollection 2y ago

In a more modern context, I see this happen all the time to video game developers butting heads with their parent companies.

plebiANON 2y ago

I guess there really is nothing new under the sun.