Sentence examples for rich patrons from inspiring English sources

Rich patrons and organizations have supported artists for centuries.

A "fossilist" was someone who made a living hunting up specimens for rich patrons.

Well-funded by rich patrons, the Coptic church remains extremely conservative.

Book illustrations commissioned by rich patrons, however, did not necessarily portray real-life habits.

Shells seem to have inspired half the architects -- or their rich patrons -- across Europe.

Rich patrons, both secular and ecclesiastical, nurtured artists with commissions for paintings and sculptures.

Rich patrons in Britain were as keen to have portraits of their families as of their horses.

Her wages, thanks to rich patrons, were the annual salary of a Harvard professor, a thousand dollars.

Economics has internalised the views of rich patrons, according to Luigi Zingales of the University of Chicago.

It is nothing new, of course, for universities to name buildings after the deceased loved ones of rich patrons.

Paintings of this size were generally ordered by a rich patron of the arts.