Sentence examples for great patron from inspiring English sources

Tula furniture is rare because it went out of fashion after the death of its great patron, Catherine the Great.

Bakócz was a great patron of the arts.

Still, you have to take Mahony seriously as a great patron.

At times it was a great patron: hence Gregorian chant, hence the music of Palestrina.

A great patron of Buddhism, he helped establish that religion in the south of China.

A keen botanist, she founded Kew Gardens and was a great patron of the arts.

Though ineffective as shogun, Yoshimasa was a great patron of the arts.

Your anger was evident that I couldn't play the great patron.

Later, Kate remembers visiting Peggy Guggenheim, the great patron and collector, in Venice.

Friis inspired Danish nobles to enter careers of public service and was also a great patron of the arts.

He vastly expanded China's western territories and left a legacy as a great patron of Chinese arts, including ceramics.