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Gonzaga Patronage of the Arts
Our court has become one of the great magnets of artistic talent in the peninsula — painters, sculptors, and architects arrive already knowing that Mantua rewards ambition and that the work produced here will reach the eyes of every prince who sends an envoy to our door. We formalize this tradition of patronage into a deliberate policy, maintaining stipends and workshops that keep multiple artists resident at once and ensuring that the work they produce reflects the standing we intend to project. This culture of Mecenatismo reduces the cost of maintaining artists and draws talent of the highest quality to settle permanently among us rather than passing through for a single commission.
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Definitionin_game/common/advances/culture_emilian.txt:150
152icon = patron_of_art