Andrew Sinclair The need to give

the patrons and the arts

Met lit. opg.Met reg. Historical description of the patronage of the arts from the first patron, God the father, the old Babylonian, Chinese, Greek and Roman culture, through the Middle Ages to the industrial revolution and modern times. The author traces the effect of king and church, noble and merchant on funding the arts and the growth of the artist from slave and labourer to craftsman and master.

Engels | 210 pagina's | Sinclair-Stevenson, London | 1990

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