CONDITION:

Signed and inscribed by author on flyleaf. Text unmarked, no highlighting, underlining or writing. Full-color plates. Cover shows some edges or shelf wear from normal use, storage. No rips, tears or stains. Binding and cover boards VG, solid, square. 1989. Archon Books. Photos are of actual book you will receive. Ships quickly and with care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: The Queen's Portraits are part of that web of significance spun around her, for her, and to some extent, by her, for myriad purposes. Clearly, this is not an orderly, radiating web, with our objects of study at the center, but a three-dimensional one, including linear strands and many complex crossings and layers. . In any given age the spinning continues. With her political sagacity, Elizabeth clearly understood and manipulated the webs she had inherited from her Tudor forebears. At the same time, with her vigor and influence, she created new webs, with new meanings added to the received culture. Reading the portraits of the Queen will be an exploration of these mean-ings, expressed in the arts and on the stage of the world.

SYNOPSIS:

The Queen's Portraits are part of that web of significance spun around her, for her, and to some extent, by her, for myriad purposes. Clearly, this is not an orderly, radiating web, with our objects of study at the center, but a three-dimensional one, including linear strands and many complex crossings and layers. . In any given age the spinning continues. With her political sagacity, Elizabeth clearly understood and manipulated the webs she had inherited from her Tudor forebears. At the same time, with her vigor and influence, she created new webs, with new meanings added to the received culture. Reading the portraits of the Queen will be an exploration of these mean-ings, expressed in the arts and on the stage of the world.

 

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