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Patronage, Power, and Agency in Medieval Art

Patronage, Power, and Agency in Medieval Art

Hourihane, Colum

Paperback

Series: Index of Christian Art, Book 15

Art HistoryMedieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 0983753741
ISBN13: 9780983753742
Publisher: Index of Christian Art Dept. of Art and Arche
Published: Nov 15 2013
Pages: 368
Weight: 2.66
Height: 1.07 Width: 8.48 Depth: 11.02
Language: English

Although the concept of patronage has long been central to medieval studies, it is still not well understood. In order to identify the person or institution responsible for the work, scholars have attempted to impose principles across a broad range of works to which they may or may not apply. In many cases this has prevented a full understanding of the work. As the essays in this volume demonstrate, the key to understanding patronage is to realize that a variety of contexts and situations may exist that prevent one definition from being imposed. The concept of patronage relates to issues such as gender, social and economic history, as well as the world of politics, and the many possible roles of the patron can range from paying for the work to designing it to using it. But we do not know what input the artist had, or how influential he or she may have been. The essays in this volume, from those that look at patronage from a theoretical perspective to individual case studies, highlight our need to look at the subject anew.

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