Art and patronage in eighteenth-century Portugal

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Abbreviations List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1. Prologue: the Conquest of India and the Paco da Ribeira 2. The Adornment of the Paco da Ribeira and Dom Joao V's 'Precious Treasury' 3. The Great Library at the Paco da Ribeira 4. Art and Diplomacy: the Marques de Abrantes and the Splendour of his Embassy to Rome 5. The 'New Solomon': Dom Joao V and 'An Image of the Celestial Court on Earth' 6. 'Good Taste and Opulence': Collecting by the Clergy and Nobility 7. The Church as Patron: the 'Universal Artist' in Northern Portugal 8. The Court of Dom Jose I and the New Lisbon: Grandeur and Vanity 9. Collectors and Connoisseurs in Late Eighteenth-century Portugal 10. Academia: Art, Theory and Design Appendix Notes Bibliography Index.