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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"architectural patronage"”.
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The Architectural Patronage of John, 2nd Duke of Montagu (1690-1749)
… the first complete study of the English domestic architectural projects of John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu (1690-1749). Montagu held key offices at court and in the military as Master of the Great Wardrobe (1709-49) and Master-General of the Board of Ordnance (1740-42, 1742-49), and was an …
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Maids, Wives and Widows: Female Architectural Patronage in Eighteenth-Century Britain
… women of the eighteenth century commissioned architectural works and the extent to which the type and scale of their projects was dictated by their marital status. Traditionally, architectural historians have advocated that eighteenth-century architecture was purely the pursuit of men. Women, …
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The Artistic and Architectural Patronage of Countess Urraca of Santa MarÃa de Cañas: A Powerful Aristocrat, Abbess, and Advocate
… in 1262. Following the tradition of monastic patronage established by her noble family members, Countess Urraca expanded the monastery's small real estate holdings, oversaw extensive building projects to create permanent structures for the nunnery, and patronized artistic projects including …
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Architecture and statehood in late Byzantium: a comparative study of Epiros and Trebizond
This study examines the architectural patronage of the Komnenodoukai in Epiros and the Grand Komnenoi in Trebizond during the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. The main focus is on churches and monasteries constructed, rebuilt or renovated by the ruling families and aristocracy in the …
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The picture of poverty : Cristoforo Moro and patronage of San Giobbe, Venice
This dissertation explores the art and architectural patronage of Doge Cristoforo Moro (1462-71) in Renaissance Venice. Given that Moro ruled over a Venice that was dealing with new threat to its territory, its religion, and its public health, I seek to understand what the ideological charges were …
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The Wittelsbach Court in Munich: history and authority in the visual arts (1460-1508)
… which were expressed in the dukes’ artistic, architectural and literary patronage. Apart from examining the orthodox means of aristocratic self-aggrandizement like jousting, clothes, decorative arts and precious, exotic objects, this thesis discusses ‘innovative’ tendencies like the …
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The Building Program of Archbishop Walter de Gray: Architectural Production and Reform in the Archdiocese of York, 1215-1255
… neglect and mismanagement by his predecessor. Architectural patronage played a central role in Gray's reform program, and it created four well-known Gothic edifices at the metropolitan church of York and at its dependent satellites, or minsters, Beverley, Ripon, and Southwell. Each construction …