PATRONAGE, CULTURE AND POWER: THE EARLY CECILS (STUDIES IN BRITISH ART 8)
Published by Paul Mellon Centre for British Art; Yale Centre For British Art. 1st. 2002
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper. Edited by Pauline Croft. Early generations of England's illustrious Cecil family engaged in an extraordinary range of patronage activities. This volume sets the Cecils in their historical context and reveals the ways in which they used extensive patronage and broad cultural interests to publicize and advance the family's political position during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James I. Grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. xxi and 308 pages including index.
A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.
ISBN: 0300091362
Stock no. 1829442
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ART HISTORY
- ARCHITECTURE
- TUDOR
- MIDDLE AGES
