Birth of Modern Political Satire - Romeyn De Hooghe and the Glorious Revolution

Meredith M. Hale presents the first chapter in the history of modern political satire, one that is critical to the media's emergence as the 'fourth estate'. Discussing themes relevant today, the study locates Dutch printmaker Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708) at the birth of modern political satire, and political satire at the heart of the modern media.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction. The Birth of Modern Satire: Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708) and the Glorious Revolution


• 2: The Roots of Modern Political Satire


• 3: Foreign Subjects: The End of the Absolute Monarch


• 4: Satires on Domestic Subjects: William III and Amsterdam


• 5: Text, Image, and the Performance of Satire


• 6: The Role of the Satirist and the Problem of Moral Conviction


• 7: Conclusion: The Geography of Satire

About the author

Meredith M. Hale received her PhD from Columbia University in New York and was awarded the Samuel H. Kress Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC and the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. She worked as a Senior Specialist in Old Master Paintings at Christie's New York before taking up the Speelman Fellowship at Wolfson College, Cambridge, from 2009 to 2018. She joined the University of Exeter as a Lecturer in Art History and Visual Culture in 2019.

Summary

Meredith M. Hale presents the first chapter in the history of modern political satire, one that is critical to the media's emergence as the 'fourth estate'. Discussing themes relevant today, the study locates Dutch printmaker Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708) at the birth of modern political satire, and political satire at the heart of the modern media.

Additional text

Meredith Hale, from the University of Exeter, has carried out the first detailed analysis of the satires, including translating them into English, to show how De Hooghe responded to the rapid unfolding of events in England and the Netherlands — dating some of the satires to within weeks. She argues they are the first images that can be classed as modern political satire.

Product details

• Authors: Meredith McNeill Hale, Meredith Mcneill (Lecturer in History of Art Hale, Meredith McNeill (Lecturer in History of Art and Visual Culture Hale
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780198836261
• ISBN: 978-0-19-883626-1
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Politics & government, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Politics and government, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, ART / History / European / Baroque & Rococo