Empresses and Queens in the Courtly Public Sphere from the 17th to the 20th Century (Hardcover)

This book analyzes the evolving interaction between court and media from an understudied perspective. Eight case studies focus on different European Empress consorts and Queen regnants from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, using a comparative, cross-media, and cross-period approach. The volume addresses a multitude of questions, ranging from how dynastic women achieved public prominence through their portraits; how their faces and bodies were moulded and rearticulated to fit varying expectations in the courtly public sphere; and the degree to which they, as female actors, engaged with or had agency within the processes of production and reception. In particular, two types of female rulership and their relationship to diverse media are contrasted, and lesser-known and under-researched dynastic women are spotlighted. Contributors: Christine Engelke, Anna Fabiankowitsch, Inga Lena Angstroem Grandien, Titia Hensel, Andrea Mayr, Alison McQueen, Marion Romberg, and Alison Rowley.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Brill's Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History, 56
Release date:	July 2021
Editors:	Marion Romberg
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	318
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-35499-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Antiques & collectables > Coins, banknotes, medals, seals, numismatics Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Human figures depicted in art > Portraits in art Books > History > European history > General Promotions
LSN:	90-04-35499-9
Barcode:	9789004354999

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