John Peacock (UK Independent Scholar)

Picturing Courtiers and Nobles from Castiglione to Van Dyck

Self Representation by Early Modern Elites

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Produktbeschreibung

This interdisciplinary study examines painted portraiture as a defining metaphor of elite self-representation in early modern culture.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Art History
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 253mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9780367439088
• ISBN-10: 0367439085
• Artikelnr.: 60022445

Autorenporträt

John Peacock was Reader in English at the University of Southampton UK, where he is now a Visiting Fellow.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Courtiers, Nobles and Visual Representation 2. Sprezzatura
and its Afterlife: from Castiglione to Faret 3. Nobility and the Art of
Painting 4. The Nobly Negligent Painter 5. Van Dyck's Almost Complete
Gentleman 6. Nobles and Nobilities: English Double Portraits 7. Conclusion:
Nobles and Courtiers