Patronage in Renaissance Italy : from 1400 to the early sixteenth century
Hollingsworth, Mary1994
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This work shows that at the start of the 15th century the patron, not the artist, was seen as the creator and he carefully controlled both subject and medium. In a competitive and violent age, image and ostentation were essential statements of power.
Main title:
Patronage in Renaissance Italy : from 1400 to the early sixteenth century / Mary Hollingsworth.
Author:
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 1994.
Collation:
ix,372p. : ill., genealogical tables ; 24cm.
Notes:
Bibliography: p340-357. _ Includes index.
ISBN:
9780719553783 (pbk)9780719549267 (cased)
Dewey class:
709.45R709.45HOL
Language:
English
BRN:
1924866