Corporate censorship

During the renaissance most of the art was paid for by "the  church" or wealthy religious patrons which is why (as any art student knows) that we see mostly biblical work from that time period. Today most of the artwork the general public sees is paid for by large corporations and media conglomerates. This is what we call pop culture. There are lots of artists out there making great art but only a small fraction of that reaches the general public at large. I've often wondered if there were other types of art during the renaissance that just didn't survive because they were not deemed worthy of a public audience by the governing powers.
Maybe there was some genius years ahead of his time experimenting with abstraction or surrealism but the work was never validated, never recorded and destroyed because his work didn't represent the values of the Church.
In two or three hundred years from now will art historians be calling us the era of corporate censorship.

How do you define art???

There is a lot of discussion throughout history in the art world about how to define art. Arther Danto, an art critic and philosopher, says the definition of art changes and is defined by the "art world" (I am paraphrasing.). I'm not sure I agree with that. It leaves out too many people. Art affects all walks of life, whether they are involved in the "art world" or not.
I believe art is defined by its creator's intentions. If a being is acting with the intention of creative expression, that being is creating art.