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The Ceiling Decoration of the Banqueting Hall (Hardcover, New)
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The Ceiling Decoration of the Banqueting Hall (Hardcover, New)
Series: Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, No. 15
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Rubens's nine paintings in the ceiling of the Banqueting Hall, in
Whitehall, London, provided the main decoration of this magnificent
room, which was the focal point of Stuart Court ceremonial.
Commissioned by King James I and his son, the future Charles I,
following the destruction of the early Jacobean Banqueting Hall,
their role in enhancing court spectacle came to an end with the
fire that destroyed the rest of Whitehall Palace in 1598. The delay
in executing the commission was due to matters of state, in which
Rubens was involved as a diplomat. His stay in London in this
capacity in 1629/30 made possible the realization of this
commission. Rubens would have been aware that the Stuarts owed
their position to the regal union of the crowns of England and
Scotland, that his royal patron had now embraced his father's
pacific policy and that he was the more determined to impose an
absolute rule, which his father had eloquently expounded in
speeches ad treatises. These three themes form the central core of
the cycle which glorified the reign of the late king, James I. The
cycle presented Rubens with a great challenge, not only because of
the novelty of the subject matter, but also because of the formal
problems presented by the huge scale of the work. This volume of
the Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard provides the fullest review
to date of the history of the commission, it also unravels the
complex preparatory work and places the subject matter in the
context of early Stuart political and ethical aspirations.
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