To examine the portraits of Elizabeth I is to witness the creation of the legend of the Virgin Queen, of Gloriana and her burgeoning empire. The history of the portraiture is that of the deliberate manufacture of an image powerful enough to hold together a people divided by both rigid hierarchy and religious belief. When Elizabeth came to the throne in 1558, her subjects had an all-too-vivid memory of military defeat and religious turmoil. Restoring stability to the kingdom involved the image of the Queen herselfover the ...
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To examine the portraits of Elizabeth I is to witness the creation of the legend of the Virgin Queen, of Gloriana and her burgeoning empire. The history of the portraiture is that of the deliberate manufacture of an image powerful enough to hold together a people divided by both rigid hierarchy and religious belief. When Elizabeth came to the throne in 1558, her subjects had an all-too-vivid memory of military defeat and religious turmoil. Restoring stability to the kingdom involved the image of the Queen herselfover the years, she was transmuted from an elegant aristocrat into a cosmic vision. In" Gloriana, " Roy Strong provides a richly detailed analysis of all the major portraits."
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Very Good Condition. 9780712609449. Art History. VG 1st print 2003 Pimlico paperback, name to top corner of fly-leaf only. VG tight and unmarked. Size: 7.6 x 0.51 x 10.1 inches. 192 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Art History; ISBN: 071260944X. ISBN/EAN: 9780712609449. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 084526.
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Very Good Condition. 9780712609449. Art History. VG 1st print 2003 Pimlico trade paperback, illustrated, light signs of usage and light corner rub only, bright and unmarked throughout. Size: 19.3 x 1.3 x 25.65 cm. 180 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Art History; ISBN: 071260944X. ISBN/EAN: 9780712609449. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 082978.
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VG/VG-(Boards have light edgewear/scuffing/smudging; DJ has light edgewear/scuffing/smudging/foxing; some pages between 77 and 85 have light crinkling at the top) Red boards with gilt design on front cover and gilt lettering on spine, color illustrated dj, 180 pp, profusely illustrated in bw with 4 pp color plates. "To examine the portraits of Elizabeth I is to witness the creation of the legend of the Virgin Queen, of Gloriana and her burgeoning empire. The history of the portraiture is that of the deliberate manufacture of an image powerful enough to hold together a people divided by both rigid hierarchy and religious belief. When Elizabeth came to the throne in 1558, her subjects had an all-too-vivid memory of military defeat and religious turmoil. Restoring stability to the kingdom involved the image of the Queen herself-over the years, she was transmuted from an elegant aristocrat into a cosmic vision. In Gloriana, Roy Strong provides a richly detailed analysis of all the major portraits. --Book jacket. To examine the portraits of Elizabeth I is, as Roy Strong shows, to witness the creation of the legend of the Virgin Queen, of Gloriana and her burgeoning empire. The history of the portraiture is that of the deliberate manufacture of an image powerful enough to hold together a people divided by not only a rigid social hierarchy but also religious belief. When Elizabeth came to the throne in 1558 her subjects had a vivid memory of defeat in war and of religious turmoil-the bloody reign of her half-sister Mary had only just ended. The policy of restoring the stability of the kingdom necessarily involved the image of the Queen: over the years she was to be transmuted from an elegant aristocratic lady into a cosmic vision depicted standing on her realm of England or, even more boldly, clasping the whole world in her hand. In view of the uncertainty over the succession her mortality had to be denied: she was therefore presented, in a political act of rejuvenation, as a young woman, even when in her sixties. The successful proliferation of the image may be measured by the love and devotion inspired by a monarch who in the later years of her reign has been described as 'aged, toothless, bald and irascible'. For two decades, from 1580 to 1600, that propaganda machine worked triumphantly, and it was only in the very last years that it began to fail." website Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-174) and index.
