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From the ancient world onward, patronage of the arts was important in art history.It is known in greatest detail in reference to medieval and Renaissance Europe, though patronage can also be traced in feudal Japan, the traditional Southeast Asian kingdoms, and elsewhere—art patronage tended to arise wherever a royal or imperial system and an aristocracy dominated a society and controlled a ...
A tabula patronatus from Amiternum, 325–335 AD. Patronage (clientela) was the distinctive relationship in ancient Roman society between the patronus ('patron') and their cliens ('client'). Apart from the patron-client relationship between individuals, there were also client kingdoms and tribes, whose rulers were in a subordinate relationship ...
Canonized. 16 May 1920 by Pope Benedict XV. Feast. 30 May. Patronage. France. Signature. Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc [ʒan daʁk]; Middle French: Jehanne Darc [ʒəˈãnə ˈdark]; c.1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the ...
Šelomoh b. Avraham b. Šemuʼel, of Urbino, Ohel Mo‘ed, Venice 1548; title page.[Kaufmann B 33] Hebrew cursive purchase note, Abramo Colorni, in Prague in 1590, top. A devout Jew whose ancestors migrated from Germanic lands to Italy, Colorni was described as a Jewish Daedalus by his Christian and Jewish contemporaries and admired as one of the most famous and prominent Italians by Tomaso ...
Saint George is one of Christianity's most popular saints, and is highly honored by both the Western and Eastern Churches. [ 1 ] A wide range of devotions, traditions, and prayers to honor the saint have emerged throughout the centuries. He has for long been distinguished by the title of "The Great Martyr" and is one of the most popular saints ...
BnF Museum (Cabinet des médailles), Paris. Poseidon (/ pəˈsaɪdən, pɒ -, poʊ -/; [ 1 ] Greek: Ποσειδῶν) is one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses. [ 2 ] He was the protector of seafarers and the guardian of many Hellenic cities and colonies.
Michelangelo and the Medici. Detail of the Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, in the Medici Chapel. Michelangelo (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564) had a complicated relationship with the Medici family, who were for most of his lifetime the effective rulers of his home city of Florence. The Medici rose to prominence as Florence's ...
Salon (gathering) Réunion de dames, Abraham Bosse, 17th century. A salon is a gathering of people held by a host. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace 's definition of the aims of poetry, "either to please or to educate" (Latin: aut delectare aut prodesse).