Title Spanish royal patronage 1412-1804 : portraits as propaganda / edited by Ilenia Colón Mendoza and Margaret Ann Zaho

Published Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018 ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 178 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) Contents Intro; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Plates; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Establishing Identity; Court Portraits during the Reign of Philip III of Spain; Portrait of Power; Francisco de Zurbarán's The Surrender of Seville to King Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon with Saint Peter Nolasco, 1248 for the Calced Mercedarians of Seville; Images of Authority, Power and Honor in Jusepe de Ribera's Political Imaginary; Changing Faces; Index Summary Portraits have a long history in royal courts as a way of communicating the monarchs status, rulership, and even piety. This anthology places such art works studied in the context of their commission, production, and display. Artists use different representational strategies to convey important information about the sitter. These aspects combined with patronage, location and use of the work form a departure point from which to address portraits comprehensively. The intersection between artist, the portrayed and audience with the additional layer of formed identity allows the portrait to hold a special place as popular genre of Spanish art. The relationship between the use of the work and its context is key to understanding better the cultural and social norms of Spanish aristocracy and what they reveal about Spanish identity in general. Used to solidify governance, lineage, and marriage, portraits legitimized the negotiation of status, power, and social mobility Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Portraits -- Political aspects -- Spain -- History Art patronage -- Spain -- History Art, Spanish -- Themes, motives History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600. History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800. History of art -- art & design styles. ART -- Subjects & Themes -- General. Art patronage Art, Spanish -- Themes, motives Spain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Colón Mendoza, Ilenia, editor Zaho, Margaret Ann, 1966- editor. ISBN 9781527512290 1527512290

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