Participatory Art - The Most Radical Form of Art Making

A beautiful painting had about 100 times more power back then as it would now. A really good folk in painting might be the only breath taking piece of human creation that you see all year if you're a poor person in europe in the early twentieth century. The art world at the time would have been viewed by radical artists as something which was just used to prop up s pre existing systems of power and wealth. In order for sculptor and painter in the rie renaissance and biand to exist and earn money, they required, usually, the church to be their patrons.