Patronage
[ Politics & Society / Social interaction ]
… Patronage could take on many different forms, some of them more, some less visible or tangible, from a real friendship between patron and artist to a small financial gift given for a flattering preface, a lucrative government …
Aristocracy | Art | Commerce | Exhibitions | Literature | Patronage | Subscription
… limited: the number of Academicians was set at 40, which might have been an adequate figure to maintain a network of friendship. 1 Besides, their origin was defined: membership was restricted to professional artists and they could not …
Academies | Art | Conflict | Dining | Exhibitions | France
… Susan, ‘I’m less at ease with them than you might think – I’ve never enjoyed the pleasure of genuine conversation or friendship with them – the moment I see them they want me to sing’. 10 Susan, so familiar with foreign modes of …
Art | Audience | Bluestockings | Conversation | Music