Overview
Patronage, in its broadest sense, has been established as one of the dominant social processes of pre-industrial Europe. While it has been traditionally viewed simply as the context for extraordinary artistic creativity, patronage has more recently been examined by historians and art historians alike as a comprehensive system of patron-client structures which permeated society and social relations. Focusing specifically on the city of Florence, these essays explore the new understanding of Renaissance Italy as a 'patronage society, ' considering its implications for the study of art patronage and patron-client structures wherever they occur
- | Author: F. W. Kent
- | Publisher: OUP Oxford
- | Publication Date: Sep 03, 1987
- | Number of Pages: 350 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0198219784
- | ISBN-13: 9780198219781
