Cambria Press 2010 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 170 p.

Cambria Press 2010 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 170 p.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Portraiture, Dynasty and Power: Art Patronage in Hanoverian Britain, 1714-1759. ISBN 1604976780 9781604976786 [GB]

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ISBN10: 1604976780, ISBN13: 9781604976786, [publisher: Cambria Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book explores how and why perceptions of the British monarchy in visual culture changed during a period of growing social mobility and political modernity. In contrast to some recent scholarship, it works upon the central premise that cultural patronage by Hanoverians played a role in the production of their social identity. It systematically addresses the monarchy's active role in the patronage of British artists, sculptors, and architects which demonstrated their refined tastes and, additionally, their 'Britishness'. In a parallel case study, the author illustrates how courtly patronage in continental Germany (inspired by models from France or England) became an indicator of elite social status and cosmopolitan sophistication.The book further expands the insights reached in recent studies of Hanoverian patronage by amassing a wide variety of visual evidence including engraved portrait heads, miniatures, ephemeral art forms, and painting in conventional genres. Formulaic state portraiture and the efforts made by British and European-trained portraitists to vary conventions of depiction are discussed in the context of royal commissions and spaces of display.The book delineates, chapter by chapter, specific patrons (George II, Caroline of Ansbach, Frederick Prince of Wales, Anne, Princess Royal and ...
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