The Emblematic Queen : Extra-Literary Representations of Early Modern Queenship

This study examines representations of early modern female consorts and regnants via extra-literary emblematics such as paintings, jewelry, miniature portraits, carvings, placards, masques, funerary monuments, and imprese

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Barrett-Graves, Debra 19XX- (Auteur)
Format: Ebook
Langue:English
Publié: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
Titres liés à la collection:Queenship and Power
Queenship and Power Ser.
Sujets:Emblems in art Material culture Queens Emblems Europe-History Electronic books
Description matérielle:Online-Ressource (248 p)
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Extra-Literary Emblematics; 1 Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus; 2 Bejeweled Majesty: Queen Elizabeth I, Precious Stones, and Statecraft; 3 "Bear Your Body More Seeming": Open-Kneed Portraits of Elizabeth I; 4 Mermaids, Sirens, and Mary, Queen of Scots: Icons of Wantonness and Pride; 5 Martyrdom and Memory: Elizabeth Curle's Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots; 6 Anne of Denmark and the Court Masque: Displaying and Authoring Queenship
  • 7 "A Lily among Thorns": The Emblematic Eclipse of Spain's Mar í a Luisa de Orle á ns in the Hieroglyphs of Her Funeral ExequiesAfterword; Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index