Spanish royal patronage 1412-1804 : portraits as propaganda / edited by Ilenia Colon Mendoza and Margaret Ann Zaho.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Colón Mendoza, Ilenia, editor.

Zaho, Margaret Ann, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portraits--Political aspects--Spain--History.

Portraits.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

Portraits have a long history in royal courts as a way of communicating the monarch's status, rulership, and even piety. This anthology places such art works studied in the context of their commission, production, and display. Artists use different representational strategies to convey important information about the sitter. These aspects combined with patronage, location and use of the work form a departure point from which to address portraits comprehensively. The intersection between artist, the portrayed and audience with the additional layer of formed identity allows the portrait to hold a special place as popular genre of Spanish art. The relationship between the use of the work and its context is key to understanding better the cultural and social norms of Spanish aristocracy and what they reveal about Spanish identity in general. Used to solidify governance, lineage, and marriage, portraits legitimized the negotiation of status, power, and social mobility.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Plates

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Establishing Identity

Court Portraits during the Reign of Philip III of Spain

Portrait of Power

Francisco de Zurbarán's The Surrender of Seville to King Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon with Saint Peter Nolasco, 1248 for the Calced Mercedarians of Seville

Images of Authority, Power and Honor in Jusepe de Ribera's Political Imaginary

Changing Faces

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5275-1229-0

OCLC:

1284941150