Patronage

Patronage

FREDRICO DA MONTEFELTRO BY DELLA FRANCESSCA/1472

Patronage of the arts (financing the artist and his work) shifted from the church alone to a balance of individual and religious support. This change produced a new market for work that was not exclusively religious in nature-works such as individual portraits, landscape printings, and nude studies. Artists often worked in more than one medium and studied Classical literature and the arts. [MH] {NR}