Festival and violence : princely entries in the context of war, 1480-1635 / by Margaret M. McGowan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGowan, Margaret M., author.

Series:

European festival studies.

European Festival Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Festivals--Europe--History.

Festivals.

Renaissance.

War and civilization--Europe--History.

War and civilization.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages).

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"European Renaissance Festivals are noted for their extravagance, for their inherited classical culture, and as evidence of how court and civic spectacles could express political, religious, social, and economic aspirations. In this new monograph, the accent is firmly on the violent context of Magnificence: it examines how war affected the minds and practice of both artists and princes, and shows how victims and their suffering were as prominent in festival as were conquerors and their projections of victory. What emerges here is the dark side represented in princely entries where imperial ambitions are built upon civic devastation and where myths elaborate and expose their ambiguous nature and message. Artists and poets collaborated in bringing victory and violence together: Mantegna and Durer in triumphal processions; Frans Floris and Rubens on the canvases they created for triumphal arches, where mythology was put to work to arouse excitement for deeds of heroism and death, while engravers depicted scenes of war and destruction to accommodate contemporary taste."--Back cover.

Contents:

Chapter I: The Military Entry

Chapter II: The Phantom of Empire

Chapter III: Military Spectacle During Princely Entries

Chapter IV: Representations of Victory and of the Conquered

Chapter V: Mythological Representations of Victory and Violence

Chapter VI: Symbolic Images of Achievement and Inscriptions of Hope

Chapter VII: How to Express the Extraordinary: The Art of Hyperbole

Epilogue: The Realities of Performance

Bibliography

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

2-503-58334-2