The idea that “art” is about self expression is a relatively new concept. The idea of “designer” is even newer than that.
We don’t think of the master Renaissance artists( Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Dürer, etc) as guys who “made things pretty,” they were artists. They also designed books, buildings, monuments, newspapers, plazas, weapons, machines, etc. Most of the things they made were meant to serve a real purpose for their clients.
They also did their work for money as a business. If they had the Internet back then, they probably would have designed some awesome websites for their loaded royal clients.
The idea that “art” is about self expression is a relatively new concept. The idea of “designer” is even newer than that.
We don’t think of the master Renaissance artists( Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Dürer, etc) as guys who “made things pretty,” they were artists. They also designed books, buildings, monuments, newspapers, plazas, weapons, machines, etc. Most of the things they made were meant to serve a real purpose for their clients.
They also did their work for money as a business. If they had the Internet back then, they probably would have designed some awesome websites for their loaded royal clients.
posted by John Dilworth on Wednesday, Oct 29, 2008