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Explore the role of patrons in art and design throughout history, from Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel to modern commissions like Christo and Jeanne-Claude's public installations. Understand the impact of patronage on creativity and innovation.
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USE1: PATRON and U S E R
PATRON/ C L I E N T A person or institution paying the artist/designer for his/her work
Michelangelo Buonarroti “Sistine Chapel Ceiling”(1508-12)“Medici Tombs”(1520-34)“Dome of St. Peter’s Cathedral” (1546) Patrons:Julius II (1503-1513)Clement VII (1523-1534)Paul III (1534-1549)
Patron: Louis XIV of France (“The Sun King”) Henri Gissey, “Louis XIV as Apollo” (Costume for Ballet Royal de la Nuit ), 1653; Hyacinthe Rigaud, “Portrait of Louis XIV,” 1701
Patron: Louis XIV of France (“The Sun King”) André Le Nôtre, “Versailles Palace Gardens,” 1660s; Jules Hardoiun Mansart, “Hall of Mirrors,” Versailles Palace, 1670s Jean-Baptiste Tuby, “Fountain of Apollo,” 1671
Richard Serra, “Tilted Arc” in Jacob Javitz Federal Plaza, New York, USA ( installed in 1981; dismantled by the patron in 1989 )
Martha Schwartz, “Jacob Javitz Federal Plaza,” New York, 1992(landscaping that replaced Richard Serra’s “Tilted Arc”)
Christo and Jeanne-Claude “Surrounded Islands,” Miami, USA, 1980-83 “The Umbrellas,” Ibaraki, JAPAN, 1991 “The Gates,” Central Park, New York, USA, 2005
PATRONAGE OF THE ARTS: To support with money, gifts, efforts,or endorsement an artist, writer, museum, cultural institutionor special event, out of the idea that art benefits the world
Istanbul Modern, Tabanlıoğlu architects, 2004 (founders: Eczaşıbaşı family) Peter Stuyvesant Collection, BAT cigarette factory, Zevenaar, Holland (closed 2009)
Jan Steen, “The Leiden Baker Arend Oostwaert and His Wife,” 1658
Bertold Löffler, Exlibris for Sigmund Freud, 1901
1100: Architect (Juergen Riehm and David Piscuskas), “Harrison Street Residence,” New York, 2005
Richard Neutra, “Kaufmann Desert House,” California, USA, 1946