The face of the city civic portraiture and civic identity in early modern England
This is the first full-length study of English Civic Portraiture (portraits of mayors, aldermen, colleges and school heads, livery company masters etc) and the first to consider such portraiture as a form of civic or political discourse in early modern England. The book shows how the portrayal of ci...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Manchester u.a.
Manchester Univ. Press
2007
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Politics, culture and society in early modern Britain
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Geschichte 1600-1700
> Geschichte 1500-1600
> Geschichte 1500-1640
> Portrait painting, English / 16th century
> Portrait painting, English / 17th century
> Civic leaders / England / In art
> Group identity / England
> Civic leaders
> In art
> Group identity
> Portrait painting, English
> Mäzenatentum
> Bürgertum
> Bildnismalerei
> Bürger
> England
> Großbritannien
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | This is the first full-length study of English Civic Portraiture (portraits of mayors, aldermen, colleges and school heads, livery company masters etc) and the first to consider such portraiture as a form of civic or political discourse in early modern England. The book shows how the portrayal of civic officials (rather than religious figures or members of the aristocracy, court circle or royal family) served to define the cultural and political identity of civic community in the post-reformation period. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-205) and index |
| Beschreibung: | XII, 212 S. Ill. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780719075018 978-0-7190-7501-8 |