The Artist as Entrepreneur: Long-Term Professional Bonds in Quattrocento Florence

Authors

Yael Even, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Publication Date

1992

Keywords

Quattrocento art, Italy, Florence, Early Renaissance

Abstract

A number of comparatively recent publications on collaboration in Quattrocento art attest to the renewed interest in reassessing the nature of professional exchange among artist. These studies continue to shed more light on the prevalence and extent of collaborative artistic undertakings in Florence during this period. Originating in archival research, the studies reject the romanticized, traditional view of Early Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects as solitary geniuses, suggesting instead that these creative talents operated as entrepreneurs who collaborated to establish profitable careers.

Recommended Citation

Even, Yael (1992) "The Artist as Entrepreneur: Long-Term Professional Bonds in Quattrocento Florence," Quidditas: Vol. 13, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/rmmra/vol13/iss1/4