This interdisciplinary study examines painted portraiture as a defining metaphor of elite self-representation in early modern culture.
Beginning with Castiglione's Book of the Courtier (1528), the most influential early modern account of the formation of elite identity, the argument traces a path across the ensuing century towards the images of courtiers and nobles by the most persuasive of European portrait painters, Van Dyck, especially those produced in London during the 1630s. It investigates two related kinds of texts: those which, following Castiglione, model the conduct of the ideal courtier or elite social conduct more generally; and those belonging to the established tradition of debates about the condition of nobility -how far it is genetically inherited and how far a function of excelling moral and social behaviour. Van Dyck is seen as contributing to these discussions through the language of pictorial art.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, cultural history, early modern history and Renaissance studies.
| ISBN: | 9780367534936 |
| Publication date: | 25th September 2023 |
| Author: | John Peacock |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 216 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Art History |
| Genres: |
Portraits and self-portraiture in art Paintings and painting European history |
This interdisciplinary study examines painted portraiture as a defining metaphor of elite self-representation in early modern culture.
Beginning with Castiglione's Book of the Courtier (1528), the most influential early modern account of the formation of elite identity, the argument traces a path across the ensuing century towards the images of courtiers and nobles by the most persuasive of European portrait painters, Van Dyck, especially those produced in London during the 1630s. It investigates two related kinds of texts: those which, following Castiglione, model the conduct of the ideal courtier or elite social conduct more generally; and those belonging to the established tradition of debates about the condition of nobility -how far it is genetically inherited and how far a function of excelling moral and social behaviour. Van Dyck is seen as contributing to these discussions through the language of pictorial art.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, cultural history, early modern history and Renaissance studies.
Picturing Courtiers and Nobles from Castiglione to Van Dyck features in the following genres: Paintings and painting, Social classes, Social and cultural history, Sociology, History of art, Regional / International studies, European history, The arts: general topics, History and Archaeology
Picturing Courtiers and Nobles from Castiglione to Van Dyck is available in Paperback, Hardback, Ebook
Picturing Courtiers and Nobles from Castiglione to Van Dyck was written by John Peacock and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Picturing Courtiers and Nobles from Castiglione to Van Dyck has 216 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Research in Art History series
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