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
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York : Palgrave Macmillan,
2013
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Queenship and Power
Queenship and Power Ser. |
| Schlagworte: | Emblems in art Material culture Queens Emblems Europe-History Electronic books |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource (248 p) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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