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		dr_dshiv on Oct 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: StabilityAI releases Stable Diffusion 3.5 Indulgences also paid for the art of the renaissance. It was because pope Leo X was so into art that he stepped up indulgences, causing Luther to protest. So renaissance art has more blood..?

llm_trw on Oct 22, 2024 [–]

If only he'd had art models to reduce the need for indulgences to fund art.

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