Representations of Renaissance monarchy analyses the portraits and personal imagery of the renowned 'Father of Arts and Letters', Francis I, one of the most frequently portrayed rulers of sixteenth-century Europe. The distinctive likeness of the Valois king was widely disseminated and perceived by his French subjects and Tudor and Habsburg rivals abroad. In providing a valuable point of comparison with publications on the representation of Henry VIII, the book makes a meaningful contribution to scholarship on the enterprise of royal image-making and practice of visual rhetoric in the courts...
Representations of Renaissance monarchy analyses the portraits and personal imagery of the renowned 'Father of Arts and Letters', Francis I, one of th...