Commerce and Artistic Freedom

"In the early 1500s Albrecht Dürer was perhaps the most famous artist in northern Europe.   A recent article in The Economist reports that he was also a shrewd businessman.  In today’s world of popular artists — from Steven Spielberg to Lady Gaga — the pairing of business and “entertainment,” if regretted by some, is noncontroversial.  But many still see the true artist and the profit-seeking business person as coming from radically different places."