Re:Why are artists poor?
by Goladus on Tuesday August 25, 2009 @02:25PM
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More to the point, where does this bizarre cult of the "artist", creating works of genius in complete majestic isolation from the governing realities of life in the real world, spring from?
It's been around since the late 19th century, at least: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_boh%C3%A8me
But Mozart wasn't really treated like a genius working in majestic isolation. Famous and popular maybe, but that was it.
So I'd say aristocrats were subject to culture in this way, as well.