Art and Morality

Weren't most of the 'famous' Renaissance artists (I'm thinking Michelangelo, Bellini, Bruegal, etc) sponsored by someone from the religious hierarchy? 
 
Maybe they were more nice to people who didn't resist?
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Clearly, it's an example of that. For instance, Nazis weren't so good towards the non-resisting.
Just an example that you don't need to put Ottomans above anyone else on the "cruelty" list.
 
Wasted CLV said:
Weren't most of the 'famous' Renaissance artists (I'm thinking Michelangelo, Bellini, Bruegal, etc) sponsored by someone from the religious hierarchy? 
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Exactly. Think about some of their most famous artworks: The Sistine Chapel, David, The Last Supper... unless they were portraits of noblemen - which in my eyes counts as political propaganda - it's all religious.
 
If you don't mind I still would like to feed on you a bit. Just to continue this, and see how this leads to a better result.

Perun said:
I claim that 90% of all art ever created is in the service of either political or, mostly, religious propaganda. I challenge you to name five world-famous pieces of art from the top of your head that are free from any religious or political connotation, not created in 19th to 20th century western Europe.
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I challenge you to come up with some thorough research to back this up. I am seriously interested and look forward to the results. You're probably right about the majority of the works, but let's see how you'll get to 90%.

How many artists will you research?

How many artworks will you research?

How will you research?

What are your criteria for world-famous?

E.g., how many artworks are world-famous?

How will you see if an artwork is created in the service of ...fill in... -propaganda?

Why not make a difference between:
-A: artwork that was paid by an important person (religious/political) and contains a propaganda message
-B: artwork that was paid by an important person (religious/political) and does not contain a propaganda message (you can't see that the artwork is used for propaganda)?

Why not make a difference between:
-A: a commissioner who was directly involved with the financing (or even executing) of (mass) killing
-B: a rich person who was less (direct) or not connected with the financing (or even executing) of (mass) killing

I'd like to do some research myself and see if I can come up with some examples of non-propaganda art, or art of a more difficult to define category.
 
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