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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Art patronage"”.
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Art Collecting at the University of Illinois: A History and Catalogue
… of higher learning that began to gather art in the nineteenth century, this dissertation examines the nature, history and significance of art patronage at the University of Illinois: the first section an account dating from the first regent's managing to form a Fine Arts Gallery in 1875 …
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Recovering the lost context of the Roverella altarpiece by Cosmè Tura. The Olivetan church of San Giorgio fuori le mura in Ferrara
… San Giorgio. Chapter One offers a survey of art patronage in Ferrarese churches in the second half of the fifteenth century. Chapter Two focuses on San Giorgio in the Quattrocento. New documents shed light on the history of the church and its benefactors, including the Lucchese businessman …
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Art in India's 'Age of Reform': Amateurs, Print Culture, and the Transformation of the East India Company, c.1813-1858
… vast public buildings and stiff upper lip. No art historian has focused on the intervening decades, however, or considered how the earlier period transitioned into the later. In contrast, Art in India’s ‘Age of Reform’ sets out to develop a distinct historical identity for the decades between …
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Staging Canova: Sculpture, Connoisseurship and Display, 1780-1843
Hailed in his time as the greatest living artist, Antonio Canova (1757-1822) expressed his genius not only through the masterful conception and carving of his sculptures, but also in the meticulous orchestration of their display. Enshrining his marble figures alongside plaster casts of ancient …
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The Catafalque of Paul V: Architecture, Sculpture and Iconography
… and underscores the importance of Paul's patronage in both purifying the Roman Church and ushering in a new Golden Age. This dissertation begins by investigating the context of Paul's reburial. Chapter one looks the protocol surrounding the death and burial of seicento popes. It examines …