Tag: Patronage
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The decline of patronage and the rise of philanthropy
A patron is to a contemplative age what a philanthropist is to an action-oriented one. During the passage to modernity, we see a slow yet undeniable shift away from patronage as a way of displaying generosity and toward philanthropy as a ‘style’ of contributing to social change. Edward Craig’s well-researched book The Mind of God…
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How does one support a creative life in the early 21st C.?
How does one support a creative life in the early 21st C.? How make a living without losing one’s shirt or one’s soul? Much to my dismay, Lewis Hyde, in The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World, does not broach these questions because he is concerned, as he states quite explicitly, with writing…
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On book dedications and patronage models: A very brief modern history
“Patron: One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery.” –Dr. Johnson, Dictionary (1755) — Elizabethan Age: My dearest Baroness, You’re exquisite, but you know this already. Here are some sonnets. Your lowly servant. Victorian Age: To my bourgie reader, A page-turner, the first volume, here in your…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 