The Elizabethan Image
An Introduction to English Portraiture, 1558–1603
Seiten
2021
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-26059-5 (ISBN)
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-26059-5 (ISBN)
The new paperback edition of Roy Strong's popular introduction to Elizabethan portraiture.
The new paperback edition of Roy Strong's popular introduction to Elizabethan portraiture
Written for the general reader, Roy Strong’s popular introduction to Elizabethan portraiture synthesizes scholarship and research on this subject into a concise introduction to the Elizabethan aesthetic. Strong surveysthe entirety of Elizabeth I’s reign from the Procession Picture to the Rainbow Portrait (1600–1602). A range of social aspects of Elizabethan portraiture are explored, such as patronage, symbolic self-fashioning, Elizabethan pageantry and melancholic humor. Strong reveals the Elizabethan approach to portraiture, while demonstrating a new way to look at these paintings. From celebrated portraits of the Queen and paintings of knights and courtiers, to works depicting an aspiring 'middle class’, Strong presents a detailed and authoritative examination of one of the most fascinating periods of British art.
The new paperback edition of Roy Strong's popular introduction to Elizabethan portraiture
Written for the general reader, Roy Strong’s popular introduction to Elizabethan portraiture synthesizes scholarship and research on this subject into a concise introduction to the Elizabethan aesthetic. Strong surveysthe entirety of Elizabeth I’s reign from the Procession Picture to the Rainbow Portrait (1600–1602). A range of social aspects of Elizabethan portraiture are explored, such as patronage, symbolic self-fashioning, Elizabethan pageantry and melancholic humor. Strong reveals the Elizabethan approach to portraiture, while demonstrating a new way to look at these paintings. From celebrated portraits of the Queen and paintings of knights and courtiers, to works depicting an aspiring 'middle class’, Strong presents a detailed and authoritative examination of one of the most fascinating periods of British art.
Roy Strong is a historian, a writer, a broadcaster and a leading authority on Elizabethan portraiture. He was director of the National Portrait Gallery from 1967 until 1973 and of the Victoria and Albert Museum from 1974 until 1984.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.08.2021 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 230 color illus. |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 191 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-300-26059-8 / 0300260598 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-300-26059-5 / 9780300260595 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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