ART 263 / MAN 263
The Business of Art

Church Patronage

St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy

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A major patron of the arts in Europe from the fourth century through the eighteen century was the Catholic Church. In fact, the main two patrons during these 1400 years were the church and royalty.

This unit will use the Basilica of St. Peter’s in Vatican City, Rome, as its focal point, although church patronage extended all over Europe, Asia Minor, North Africa, and Colonial America at various times.

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	Part II	Early Christianity
	Part III	The Age of Constantine the Great (reigned AD 306-337)
	Part IV	St. Peter’s in the Renaissance: The Rebuilding
	Part V	The Baroque Era (17th century)

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