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The Emblematic Queen. Extra-Literary Representations of Early Modern Queenship.
Debra . Ed(S): Barrett-Graves
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Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Barrett-Graves, Debra. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Series
Queenship and Power
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349454082
SKU
V9781349454082
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Ref
99-15
About Debra . Ed(S): Barrett-Graves
Liana de Girolamoi Cheney, University of Massachusetts, USA Cassandra Auble, West Virginia University, USA Brandie R. Siegfried, Brigham Young University, USA Catherine Loomis, University of New Orleans, USA Marguerite A. Tassi, University of Nebraska-Kearney, USA Effie Botonaki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece John T. Cull, College of the Holy Cross, USA Antonio Bernat Vistarini, Universitat de les ... Read more
Reviews for The Emblematic Queen. Extra-Literary Representations of Early Modern Queenship.
'Hereditary monarchies have always depended for their very survival on interdynastic marriages and fertile queens, yet the ambiguities of their power and status as women have often been obscured in their historical profiles. As the Renaissance emblem came to play such a central role in symbolic representations of royalty, however, we can now witness those ambiguities and difficulties in the ... Read more