Picturing Courtiers and Nobles from Castiglione to Van Dyck: Self Representation by Early Modern Elites

ISBN-13: 9780367534936 / Miękka / 2023 / 216 str.

UK) Peacock John (Independent Scholar

Opis

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

Recenzje

"The text is readable, learned, and thought provoking. The illustrations are adequate, and many are in color. Recommended."

--Choice

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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