#patronage — Public Fediverse posts

Behind the choir will be an extraordinary backdrop: a #RoodScreen made not of wood but of stone, twisting and curving to the sky. It's been dated to the 1350s. So, just after the #BlackDeath... Who would have supported innovation at such a time?
https://www.barnes1.net/clairefromclare/posts/20260618_Patronage_after_the_plague.html
@medievodons

#StoneCarving #Craftsmanship #Patronage #GreatBardfield #Stebbing #LadyOfClare

So, my #dentist is #catholic like most people in #mexico . Yes, she understands its a #religion brought to her ancestors by the point of a sword, but that doesn't seem to phase her faith in the slightest. Even more #hardcore, she goes to a specific church every so often to pray or give #patronage [or whatever chatolics do] to #Apollonia, the #patron #saint of dentists and toothaches. Why is she the patron saint of dentists and toothaches you ask? Because she had her teeth ripped out and / or shattered at the hands of an Alexandrian mob, that's why.
I find this both endearing and disturbing at the same time, and I can think of little else as she rakes metal instruments across my teeth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Apollonia

Why generative AI companies should pay artists to create new works, and give away the results

The latest obsession in the world of copyright is trying to get generative AI companies to pay for using creative material for training purposes. As various posts have noted, this makes no sense, because training is just a matter of analysis, which requires no permission. What the copyright world wants to do is to erect further barriers to accessing knowledge and […]

#ai #artists #blogger #blogs #creativity #generativeAi #google #meta #MikeMasnick #musicIndustry #openai #patronage #simonSchuster #Techdirt #youtube

https://walledculture.org/why-generative-ai-companies-should-pay-artists-to-create-new-works-and-give-away-the-results/