Images of rule : art and politics in the English Renaissance, 1485-1649
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Images of rule : art and politics in the English Renaissance, 1485-1649
Macmillan, 1997
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- : pbk
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Includes index
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: hb ISBN 9780333519134
Description
'An invaluable book...a powerful reading of paintings and sculpture as texts of power in early modern England.' - Professor Kevin Sharpe, University of Southampton In a survey which ranges widely from the building of Henry VII's palaces to the proposed monument to Charles I by Wren, David Howarth examines aspects of the visual arts in the English Renaissance to consider what they meant for those who commissioned them and those at whom they were directed. A variety of artefacts are considered for what they can tell us of the values of the court in early modern England.
Table of Contents
Royal Building - Royal Portraiture - Royal Portraiture - The Tomb - Collecting - Patronage - Church Architecture - Tudor and Stuart Writer
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: pbk ISBN 9780333519141
Description
In a survey which ranges widely from the building of Henry VII's palaces to the proposed monument to Charles I by Wren, David Howarth examines aspects of the visual arts in the English Renaissance to consider what they meant for those who commissioned them and those at whom they were directed. A variety of artefacts are considered for what they can tell us of the values of the court in early modern England.
Table of Contents
Royal Building.- Royal Portraiture.- Royal Portraiture.- The Tomb Collecting Patronage.- Church Architecture.- Tudor and Stuart Writer.
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