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The Elizabethan Image - An Introduction to English Portraiture, 1558-1603 (Paperback)
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The Elizabethan Image - An Introduction to English Portraiture, 1558-1603 (Paperback)
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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.
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