1st Edition
Making a Great Ruler Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania
By Giedre Mickunaite
Copyright 2006
378 Pages
by
Central European University Press
Investigating the propaganda surrounding the grand duke, this study reveals that, in fact, there were two opposite images: that of a good ruler and that of a tyrant. The paradox is that frequently these opposites were based on the same features of the grand duke's character or episodes from his biography. The research is based on a wide array of written and visual sources as well as on records of... Read more
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, LIST OF FIGURES, LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, A NOTE ON PERSONAL AND GEOGRAPHIC NAMES, INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER I. VYTAUTAS CREATING HIS OWN IMAGE THE EARLY YEARS, CHAPTER II. THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY: SHAPING OF THE IMAGE, CHAPTER III. THE EARLY-MODERN IMAGE OF VYTAUTAS, CHAPTER IV. IMAGE AND IMAGE, SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX OF PERSONAL NAMES, INDEX OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES AND PEOPLES, SUBJECT INDEX
Biography
Giedre Mickunaite focuses on temporal dimensions of pictorial and verbal imagery. She explores structures of cultural legacy and regards oblivion as a vehicle in production of late medieval and early modern culture. Since 2003, Mickunaite teaches and carries art historical research at the Vilnius Academy of Arts in Lithuania.
