Patronage [ Politics & Society / Social interaction ]
… of the Lord Chesterfield Waiting for an Audience’, 1748, Tate, N00430. Abstract In the absence of fully developed markets, patronage (the relation between someone able to dispense something with social or economic value, such as money, … the gradual replacement of traditional patronage (a rich aristocrat or churchman being a patron to an artist) with more market-oriented models that distributed both financial and cultural investments and rewards more broadly. This entry will … and someone who was able to return the favour with artistic or scientific productions. In the absence of fully developed markets and the commodification of art, patronage was indeed for centuries the main way in which the creation of art – …
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