Anna of Denmark - The Material and Visual Culture of the Stuart Courts, 15891619

This book examines Anna of Denmark's engagement with visual and material goods, including architecture, garden design, painting and jewellery. It contextualises the consort's place within the wider socio-political environment of the Stuart courts and provides a comprehensive understanding of her personal iconography, aims, interests and alliances.

List of contents

Introduction
1 Contexts and networks
2 Court places and spaces
3 Collecting and display
4 Jewellery and apparel
5 Representation and self-fashioning
6 Ritual and ceremonial
Conclusion
Index

About the author

Jemma Field is Associate Director of Research at the Yale Center for British Art.

Summary

This book examines Anna of Denmark’s engagement with visual and material goods, including architecture, garden design, painting and jewellery. It contextualises the consort’s place within the wider socio-political environment of the Stuart courts and provides a comprehensive understanding of her personal iconography, aims, interests and alliances. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Jemma Field
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781526142498
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-4249-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Kunstgeschichte, 17. Jahrhundert (1600 bis 1699 n. Chr.), Biografien: Könige und Königinnen, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, 18. Jahrhundert (1700 bis 1799 n. Chr.), European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty, DESIGN / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), History of Art, Biography: royalty, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Material Culture, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800