1st Edition
Picturing Courtiers and Nobles from Castiglione to Van Dyck Self Representation by Early Modern Elites
By John Peacock
Copyright 2021
232 Pages
12 Color & 24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
12 Color & 24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
12 Color & 24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This interdisciplinary study examines painted portraiture as a defining metaphor of elite self-representation in early modern culture.
Beginning with Castiglione’s Book of the Courtier (1528), the most influential early modern account of the formation of elite identity, the argument traces a path across the ensuing century towards the images of courtiers and nobles by the most persuasive of... Read more
Introduction 1. Courtiers, Nobles and Visual Representation 2. Sprezzatura and its Afterlife: from Castiglione to Faret 3. Nobility and the Art of Painting 4. The Nobly Negligent Painter 5. Van Dyck’s Almost Complete Gentleman 6. Nobles and Nobilities: English Double Portraits 7. Conclusion: Nobles and Courtiers
Biography
John Peacock was Reader in English at the University of Southampton UK, where he is now a Visiting Fellow.
"The text is readable, learned, and thought provoking. The illustrations are adequate, and many are in color. Recommended."
--Choice
-- Renaissance Quarterly
