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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"artistic patronage"”.
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Artistic Patronage at the Court of Queen Charlotte
… between oil painting and the minor arts. Her patronage supplemented the limited opportunities available to women artists in other institutions and to create new career possibilities for women. The growth of such specifically feminine artistic patronage and production has, however, gone almost …
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The Artistic Patronage of the Augustinian Friars in Central Italy (1256-c. 1370)
… – have been considered pivotal for the artistic and urban renewal underway in Italy from the 1200s onwards. This dissertation provides the first comprehensive study of the ‘third’ mendicant order: the Hermits of St Augustine, long dismissed as pale imitators of the Franciscans and the …
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Neighbourhood and Identity in Renaissance Florence: Artistic Patronage at Santa Trinita and San Pancrazio
… congregations, especially within the Florentine artistic and social spheres. Divided into five chapters, this thesis broadly covers three main themes: neighbourhood, patronage, and identity. To explore the ramifications of the unusual urban proximity between these two churches belonging to the …
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Displacement and Reconfiguration: The Effects of the Florentine Guasto of 1529 on Devotional Spaces and Networks of Artistic Patronage
… for consideration of the social, liturgical and artistic factors that led to the selective preservation of material heritage. Displaced communities needed to shape and maintain their institutional memory through identity-creating visual means, making ‘the lived visible’ at their destination …
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La committenza artistica femminile nella Sardegna medievale (X-XIV secolo)
… works of art. Female names appear in relation to artistic patronage, like architectural, pictorial, sculptural and sumptuary works. These clients probably were part of the aristocratic families that ruled the island. The research proceeds from the analysis of written sources and material …
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Constructing History: The Visual Legacy of Pope Sixtus IV
… Pope Sixtus IV, defines the meaning of his patronage in general, and critically analyzes his reputation by contemporaries and later historians. I consider the promotion of Pope Sixtus IV by others, and include the eulogizing panegyrics, poems, and historical chronicles composed by the poets …
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Envisioning Antiquity: Yi Bingshou and the Politics of Memory in the Qing Dynasty
… a vital source for Confucian scholarship and artistic practice in China. Scholars used these inscriptions to establish meanings of Confucian classics, verify recorded historical events, and reconstruct lost sites of cultural legacy. This methodological trend, known as kaozheng, or Evidential …
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Xia Yong And The Jiehua Traditions In Yuan China (1279-1368)
… of jiehua, namely the complex relations between artistic realism and reality, between the painter and society, and between jiehua and landscape painting. The following chapters both focus on a case study of Xia Yong’s paintings to deal with these problems. The second chapter looks in detail at …
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Fashion, Art and the Early Modern Court, Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569 - 1622)
… foreign princes, Pourbus performed the role of artistic ambassador; his diplomatic representation both reflected Vincenzo Gonzaga’s shrewd artistic patronage and lofty political ambitions. Pourbus’ portraits of the Gonzaga family captured their sumptuous sartorial practices and mirrored their …
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The fresco cycle in the Lombard Church of Santa Maria di Castelseprio
… (AD 726). Therefore, they are seen as part of an artistic tradition which developed before iconoclasm and was adopted in the West, as Eastern influences were spreading into Italy, in the seventh and eighth centuries. Examples of those influences are seen in Rome, namely in the works commissioned …