| Description |
xiv, 401 pages : illustrations, 1 map, 1 plan,portraits ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
This work traces the professionalization of the artist in the Renaissance through the successive patronage of the mendicant orders, merchant families, princely and ducal rulers, to the great papal patrons, Julius II, Pius II and Sixtus IV. The book takes the reader from Siena to Florence, to the court of Federigo da Montefeltro in Urbino and finally, to the papal court of Rome |
| Notes |
Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 1992 |
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Translation of: Kunst, macht et mecenaat |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 375-389. -includes index |
| Notes |
Originally published in Dutch: Kunst, macht en mecenaat |
| Subject |
Art and state -- Italy.
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Art patronage -- Italy.
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Art, Italian.
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Art, Renaissance -- Italy.
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Artists and patrons -- Italy.
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Christianity and art -- Catholic Church.
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| LC no. |
95159908 |
| ISBN |
0140124888 |
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