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Portrait of a Patron - The Patronage and Collecting of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1674-1744) (Hardcover, New edition)
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Portrait of a Patron - The Patronage and Collecting of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1674-1744) (Hardcover, New edition)
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Once described as 'England's Apollo' James Brydges, first Duke of
Chandos (1674-1744) was an outstanding patron of the arts during
the first half of the eighteenth century. Having acquired great
wealth and influence as Paymaster-General of Queen Anne's forces
abroad, Chandos commissioned work from leading artists, architects,
poets and composers including Godfrey Kneller, William Talman, Sir
John Vanbrugh, Sir James Thornhill, John Gay and George Frederick
Handel. Despite his associations with such renowned figures,
Chandos soon gained a reputation for tasteless extravagance. This
reputation was not helped by the publication in 1731 of Alexander
Pope's poem 'Of Taste' which was widely regarded as a satire upon
Chandos and Cannons, the new house he was building near Edgware.
The poem destroyed Chandos's reputation as a patron of the arts and
ensured that he was remembered as a man lacking in taste. Yet, as
this book shows, such a judgement is plainly unfair when the Duke's
patronage is considered in more depth and understood within the
artistic context of his age. By investigating the patronage and
collections of the Duke, through an examination of documentary
sources and contemporary accounts, it is possible to paint a very
different picture of the man. Rather than the epitome of bad taste
described by his enemies, it is clear that Chandos was an
enlightened patron who embraced new ideas, and strove to establish
a taste for the Palladian in England, which was to define the
Georgian era.
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