The Royal Image: Representations of Charles I

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Royal Image: Representations of Charles I
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Thomas N. Corns
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:334
Dimensions(mm): Height 244,Width 170
Category/GenreArt and design styles - c 1600 to c 1800
Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
ISBN/Barcode 9780521590471
ClassificationsDewey:941.062
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 28 June 1999
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

1999 marks the 350th anniversary of the execution of Charles I, and this volume deals with the crisis the execution provoked in the representation of the monarchy. It looks at both sympathetic and hostile representations of Charles I, and addresses not only the period of mid-century crisis but also the earlier years of his reign and the afterlife of his royal image. Besides courtly and popular literary representations, it examines Charles's visual image in paintings, sculpture, engravings and coins, and considers the role of the King's Music in projecting a positive view of the monarch. The volume will appeal not only to literary scholars but also to historians, art historians and musicologists.

Reviews

'... provides a significant discussion of the varied image-making of the Caroline regime'. The English Historical Review