Luxury and Loyalty: Anne de Montmorency as Patron of the Arts

Title: Luxury and Loyalty: Anne de Montmorency as Patron of the Arts
Identifier: d_2009_2013:4f9969bc89e2:11679
identifier: 12267
Creator: Vuagniaux, Anne,
Contributor: James Saslow
Date: 2013
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Art history
Abstract: This project examines the art patronage of sixteenth-century French aristocrat Anne de Montmorency. Credited as being a great diplomat, statesman, political advisor, and military hero, this aspect of his life has been neglected in the scholarship on the period. There is evidence, however, that his patronage was key in the development of what art historians today consider a distinctly French Renaissance style. This study provides a comprehensive view of one of the most influential art patrons of the late Renaissance and addresses architecture, sculpture, painting, and decorative arts media.;Current scholarship on developments in the arts of the sixteenth century focuses on Italy's influence on the rest of Europe and the New World. While this influence was significant, Montmorency's patronage also reveals a desire to maintain continuity with local French traditions. Montmorency serves as a case study in the process by which powerful figures utilized the visual arts to express their identity and affirm their power in the Early Modern Era.
Type: dissertation
Source: 2009_2013.csv
degree: Ph.D.
Program: Art History