Overview

This book analyzes the evolving interaction between court and media from an understudied perspective. Eight case studies focus on different European Empress consorts and Queen regnants from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, using a comparative, cross-media, and cross-period approach. The volume addresses a multitude of questions, ranging from how dynastic women achieved public prominence through their portraits; how their faces and bodies were moulded and rearticulated to fit varying expectations in the courtly public sphere; and the degree to which they, as female actors, engaged with or had agency within the processes of production and reception. In particular, two types of female rulership and their relationship to diverse media are contrasted, and lesser-known and under-researched dynastic women are spotlighted. Contributors: Christine Engelke, Anna Fabiankowitsch, Inga Lena Ångström Grandien, Titia Hensel, Andrea Mayr, Alison McQueen, Marion Romberg, and Alison Rowley.

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Author:   Marion Romberg
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   56
Weight:   0.743kg
ISBN:  

9789004354999

ISBN 10:   9004354999
Pages:   318
Publication Date:   05 July 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction: Empresses and Queens in Courtly Public Sphere from the 17th to the 20th Century  Marion Romberg Part 1: Early Modern Times 1 Christina of Sweden’s Royal Representation in Architecture, Interiors and Portraits (1644–1654)  Inga Lena Ångström Grandien 2 An Early Modern Empress Consort’s Role in the Courtly Public Sphere: Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg and Her Media Appearance in Single-Sheet Prints and Medals between 1676 and 1687  Marion Romberg 3 Striking Images: The Public Image of Maria Theresa of Austria in Coins and Medals (1740–1780)  Anna Fabiankowitsch Part 2: 19th Century 4 Picturing Empress Maria Anna of Savoy-Sardinia on Medals in the First Half of the 19th Century  Andrea Mayr 5 ‘Secret Pictures’? Staging Privacy in Franz Xaver Winterhalter’s Portraits of Female Monarchs  Titia Hensel 6 Shaped to Suit a Nation: Mid-19th-Century Representations of the Last Empress of the French  Alison McQueen 7 Feminine Majesty on an International Stage: French Postcards and Russian Empress Alexandra Feodorovna  Alison Rowley Part 3: 20th Century 8 Andy Warhol’s Reigning Queens and the Deconstruction of the Royal Portrait in Modern Times  Christine Engelke Index

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Marion Romberg is a Research Associate at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. She has published monographs, articles and databases on early modern visual culture, including essays in Contesting Europe: Comparative Perspectives on Early Modern Discourses on Europe, 1400–1800 (Brill, 2019) and Bodies and Maps: Early Modern Personifications of the Continents (Brill, 2020).

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