Unseemly Pictures - Graphic Satire and Politics in Early Modern England

Klappentext This engaging book is the first full study of the satirical print in seventeenth-century England from the rule of James I to the Regicide. It considers graphic satire both as a particular pictorial category within the wider medium of print and as a vehicle for political agitation, criticism, and debate. Helen Pierce demonstrates that graphic satire formed an integral part of a wider culture of political propaganda and critique during this period, and she presents many witty and satirical prints in the context of such related media as manuscript verses, ballads, pamphlets, and plays. She also challenges the commonly held notion that a visual iconography of politics and satire in England originated during the 1640s, tracing the roots of this iconography back into native and European graphic cultures and traditions. Zusammenfassung A study of the satirical print in seventeenth-century England from the rule of James I to the Regicide. It considers graphic satire both as a particular pictorial category within the wider medium of print and as a vehicle for political agitation, criticism, and debate.

Product details

• Authors: Helen Pierce, Pierce Helen
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.01.2009
• EAN: 9780300142549
• ISBN: 978-0-300-14254-9
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: The Association of Human Rights Institutes series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; England, European History, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), ART / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800