Art Patronage
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Culture & History
The Judge's Prayer Book: How Civic Power Was Illuminated in Medieval Rouen
In the bustling workshops of 15th-century Rouen, a new kind of patron was commissioning art that would redefine power. T…
Culture & History
The Alliance of Hand and Mind: How Dürer and Pirckheimer Forged the Renaissance Book
In 16th-century Nuremberg, the friendship between the artist Albrecht Dürer and the scholar Willibald Pirckheimer gave b…
Deco
Tapestry in 15th-Century Rome: The Papal Collections and Workshops
While it is known that Renaissance Romans admired and displayed Flemish tapestries, or 'arazzi,' during solemn occasions…