Where do artists get their ideas?

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Where Do Artists Get Their Ideas

How does an artist really see the world ? The real source of ideas for their masterpieces is a mystery . Many believe that the artists ' sources for their ideas are included in their surroundings and what they may have experienced . Well , those two things are the source of their ideas but artists look at these things from a different perspective much different from the normal point-of-view . To explain how artists decide on what to

paint , there will be two paintings to be used as tools . Both of these paintings were made by artists from the Ancient world

The first painting , Alexander the Great confronts Darius III at the Battle of Issos ' was created by Philoxenus of Eretria , a Macedonian artist who lived during the 4th Century B .C , much later than Alexander 's rule (Smith 911 . He was most likely requested to paint the masterpiece which was to be commissioned to King Cassander later on With that statement , a clear reason for his decision to paint the masterpiece sprang out . During this period , artists were skilled-workers who had powerful clients in his case , King Cassander . However , it still did not say why he chose that particular battle of Alexander the Great By analyzing the painting itself , a person could easily conclude that it was recreated to assert Macedonia 's dominance over Persia . Besides that Alexander the Great was the greatest Macedonian hero . This may very...