1st Edition
The Portuguese Restoration of 1640 and Its Global Visualization Political Iconography and Transcultural Negotiation
By Urte Krass
Copyright 2023
506 Pages
by
Routledge
506 Pages
by
Routledge
506 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Portuguese Restoration of 1640 ended the dynastic union of Portugal and Spain. This book pioneers in reconstructing the global image discourse related to the event by bringing together visualizations from three decades and four continents. These include paintings, engravings, a statue, coins, emblems, miniatures, a miraculous crosier and other regalia, buildings, textiles, a castrum doloris,... Read more
Introduction, I. Signs, Miracles, and Conspiratorial Images, II. The Lisbon Miracle of the Crucifix (1 December 1640), III. The New King's Oath (15 December 1640), IV. Acclamations, V. Lisbon,VI. Images in Diplomatic Service, VII. The Imaculada as Portugal's Patroness, VIII. The Funeral Apparatus of John IV (November 1656), IX. The Drawings in the Treatise of António de São Tiago (Goa 1659), X. Ivory Good Shepherds as Visualizations of the Portuguese Restoration, Conclusion, Bibliography, Acknowledgements, Picture Credits, Index.
Biography
Prof. Dr. Urte Krass is Professor of Early Modern Art History at the Institute of at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Her research focuses on political iconography and the material culture of Christian sainthood, as well as on Early Modern transcultural negotiation processes via artifacts, objects, and images.
