Empress Maria Theresa

Informationen zum Autor Michael Yonan is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Missouri–Columbia. Klappentext Between 1740 and 1780! Empress Maria Theresa governed the Habsburg Empire! a multilingual conglomeration of states centered on Austria. Although recent historical scholarship has addressed Maria Theresas legacy! she remains entirely absent from art history despite her notable role in shaping eighteenth-century European diplomatic! artistic! and cultural developments. In Empress Maria Theresa and the Politics of Habsburg Imperial Art! Michael Yonan explores the role that material culturepaintings! architecture! porcelain! garden sculpture! and decorative objectsplayed in forming the monarchical identity of this historically prominent woman ruler. Zusammenfassung Explores the intersections between monarchy! gender! and art through an investigation of the visual and architectural culture of the eighteenth-century Habsburg empress Maria Theresa.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael Yonan
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.03.2011
• EAN: 9780271037226
• ISBN: 978-0-271-03722-6
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte; austria, European History, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, C 1700 To C 1800, ART / European / General