Art, patronage and age of turmoil

Roy Shaw, a former British Secretary-General of the Arts Council in his book “The Arts and the People” (1987) argues that the glories of the Renaissance were “produced not because of, but in spite” of bloodshed, social and political turmoil. He goes o…

Roy Shaw, a former British Secretary-General of the Arts Council in his book “The Arts and the People” (1987) argues that the glories of the Renaissance were “produced not because of, but in spite” of bloodshed, social and political turmoil. He goes on to……

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