where did sculptors get their motivation? I have never been

>>2636604
>where did sculptors get their motivation?
someone payed them to make a sculpture

>>2636636

Surely the quality and incredible detail of their work shows more than just money as a motivating factor? how did they even acquire these skills, it must have taken generation and generations?

>>2636675
You hit rock with rock, it takes some finesse but it isn't rocket surgery. Painting in perspective is more difficult.

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>>2636675
>how did they even acquire these skills, it must have taken generation and generations?
yes, literally generations. one sculpture trains an apprentice who then builds on what his master did. I mean you can see how the detail improves from early greek sculptures to later. see pic related.

>Surely the quality and incredible detail of their work shows more than just money as a motivating factor?
not really. they were trained to do this from an early age, though I don't know what the typical age to start an apprenticeship was in greece. not to say that they didn't also find their work satisfying.

>>2636675
It was basically their entire motivating factor. No work means you starve, so most artists found wealthy patrons willing to support them and they created whatever the patron liked. It didn't mean they never created stuff that they themselves liked, but artists who don't sell, die.

>how did they even acquire these skills
As a young boy they would be sent off to study under a master for a years until they were ready to strike out on their own. Their entire education was based on their art, unlike the generalist education that kids today get.