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Patronage [ Politics & Society / Social interaction ]
… it was based on utility (not that these two forms were necessarily mutually exclusive). The ‘good’ patron rewarded the merit of an artist, whether it had already manifested itself in superior artworks or was still nascent, a potential that … Both gain cultural recognition in this exchange. The values exchanged in this ‘economy’ of patronage are ‘reward’ and ‘merit’, the poetic or artistic capability of the person receiving patronage. 1 . For example Charles Churchill, The … critical standards rather than economic considerations and continue the (idealized) tradition of the patron as rewarding merit. Patronage of the other arts and the sciences had its own specific differences, but the general trend that has here …
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Royal Academy of Arts [ Institutions ]
… professional organization. The hierarchical distinctions between various categories of members, despite equality of merit, and the powers given to the Council, conducting academic affairs, showed that its internal structuring was … was supposed to characterize the exhibition since it was meant to show the works of ‘all Artists of distinguished merit’ and not just Academicians ( Hutchison 248). Exhibiting art also involved defining its potential public. …
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Portraitists' studios [ Sports & Leisure / Institutions ]
… painter Christian Richter (1678-1732) found himself prevented from ‘reaping such advantages by his Art Sutable to his meritt his face being no Agreable prospect for fine Ladys to see those scars were rather a motive of compassion than to …
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