Images of rule : art and politics in the English Renaissance, 1485-1649 / David Howarth.

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Howarth, David, 1950-

Title & Author:

Images of rule : art and politics in the English Renaissance, 1485-1649 / David Howarth.

Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 1997.
©1997

Description:

xv, 323 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Royal Palace -- 2. The God that Rules -- 3. The Royal Portrait: The Tudors -- 4. The Royal Portrait: The Stuarts -- 5. The Tomb -- 6. Patrons of Power -- 7. Collecting: Patronage and Display -- 8. Writers and Critics.

Summary:

Images of Rule offers a fascinating, authoritative, and highly readable account of the vital role the visual arts played in Great Britain during the Tudor and early Stuart monarchies. David Howarth examines the intersection of art and political power in Great Britain between the accession of the Tudors and the outbreak of civil war. The images of the Royal court constitute the raw material from which he fashions a cultural and political history of Renaissance Britain. Howarth concentrates on the public uses and political exploitation of Renaissance art, rather than its quality or the creative process behind it. He argues that the English ruling class used and manipulated works of art in order to reinforce its own power. Portraiture, architecture, the decorative arts, and spectacle all served to preserve England's political status quo.

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ISBN:

0520209915 (cloth)
9780520209916 (cloth)
0520209923 (pbk.)
9780520209923 (pbk.)

Subject:

Art, Renaissance England.
Art, English.
Art and state Great Britain.
Art patronage Great Britain.
Art de la Renaissance Angleterre.
Art anglais.
Art Politique gouvernementale Grande-Bretagne.
Mécénat Grande-Bretagne.
Art and state.
Art patronage.
Art, Renaissance.
Kunstpolitik
Kunstbeleid.
Kunstbevordering.
Art, Renaissance Great Britain.
Art de la Renaissance Angleterre (GB)
Art et État Angleterre (GB)
Mécénat Angleterre (GB)
England.
Great Britain.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 193009
Call No.: ID N6765.H68; ID:97-B4072
Status: Available

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