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Renaissance artists publicly roasted their rivals

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Because professional jealousy is a timeless classic, master painters spent half their time composing elaborate public insults. Visionaries engaged in legendary smear campaigns, proving that classical genius mostly involved calling your rival a talentless hack in front of the entire city.

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