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know existed have survived. By the first half of the 11th century, English art benefited from lavish patronage by a wealthy Anglo-Saxon elite, who valued...

of the art that he patronised. His love of collecting went far beyond paintings and sculptures. He commissioned decorative objects of all kinds and in...

deities and as a way to win their patronage. As Roman power spread throughout Italy where Greek cities once reigned, Greek art was looted and ostentatiously...

student in Spain for inspiring his passion for art, design and architecture. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan...

donated many pieces of art to the castle, over her years of collecting. The value of this collection is uncertain, due to the secret nature of the Lampoon. Nearly...

collection of Spanish art and decorative objects would be on display. In the end, however, Deering abandoned much of this plan. Instead, much of his collection...

so-called ERR, which was responsible for collecting art, books, and cultural objects from invaded countries, and also transferred their captured library...

history of art focuses on objects made by humans for any number of spiritual, narrative, philosophical, symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even...

The Napoleonic looting of art (French: Spoliations napoléoniennes) was a series of confiscations of artworks and precious objects carried out by the French...

display by placing the objects within a broad historical context and allowing the objects to speak for a larger representation outside of itself. Grace Morley...

intrinsic value as did for example objects in precious metals, they were perceived as precious objects and in the first rank of European art. A 1425 document...

is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was founded in 1764 when Empress Catherine the Great acquired a collection of paintings from...

art Japanese art consists of a wide range of art styles and media that includes ancient pottery, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy on silk and paper...

of Great Britain in 1707 and encompasses English art, Scottish art, Welsh art and Irish art, and forms part of Western art history. During the 18th century...

largest collection of art in the country: 16,000 paintings and 30,000 objects of art handicraft. The collection dates back to the days of Gustav Vasa in the...

with the state. He was able to use some of his riches in fostering patronage and acquiring art. He met Titian and arranged for Emperor Charles V's portrait...

whose collecting extended to antique porcelain, was also a leading influence on the activities of one of the greatest art collectors and connoisseurs of the...

reduced, and remained a less common element in art than relief decoration of practical objects until the Roman period, despite some works such as the Gundestrup...

of Dalí of Púbol gcYC (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí (/ˈdɑːli, dɑːˈliː/ DAH-lee, dah-LEE; Catalan: [səlβəˈðo ðəˈli]; Spanish:...

patrilineal, and power normally passed to the eldest son. A prospective king was expected to be a successful war leader as well as a ruler. Closed patronage systems...