Author: FOSS, MICHAEL
Title: The Art of Patronage: The Arts in England 1660-1750
Description: Ithaca, New York, Cornell University Press. 1972. (ISBN: 0-8014-0684-6). Cloth, 8vo. 234 pages. A study of the interrelation of the arts, politics, and society in the century following the Restoration as old patronage systems were abandoned and new ones developed. Figures from literature, music, the theater, and the visual arts are discussed, including Addison, Handel, Pope, Wren, and Sir Peter Lely. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: Patronage Art and Politics 0801406846


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