Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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There's a reason we haven't produced a Michelangelo or da Vinci, and it's not technical ability....

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00:00 Introduction
01:03 The Money Problem
01:45 Patrons of the Renaissance
03:21 From Industry to Art (Carnegie)
04:19 Art is Aristocratic