Britain and the Continent 1660‒1727

Britain and the Continent 1660‒1727

Author: Christina Strunck

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-10-04

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 3110750775

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This monograph examines the most prestigious political paintings created in Britain during the High Baroque age. It investigates a period characterized by numerous social, political, and religious crises, in the years between the restoration of the Stuart monarchy (1660) and the death of the first British monarch from the House of Hanover (1727). On the basis of hitherto unpublished documents, the book elucidates the creation and reception of nine major commissions that involved the court, private aristocratic patrons, and/or civic institutions. The ground-breaking new interpretations of these works focus on strategies of conflict resolution, the creation of shared cultural memories, processes of cultural translation, the performative context of the murals and the interaction of painted images and architectural spaces.


Language, Music, and the Sign

Language, Music, and the Sign

Author: Kevin Barry

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1987-11-19

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 0521341752

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This book forms a conceptual account of the relationship between music and poetry in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.


New Perspectives on the Life and Art of Richard Crashaw

New Perspectives on the Life and Art of Richard Crashaw

Author: John Richard Roberts

Publisher: University of Missouri Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9780826207395

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A collection of ten original critical and historical essays on the life and art of Crashaw (1612/13-1649), one of the most neglected, misunderstood and unappreciated of the major metaphysical poets. The introduction surveys the history of Crashavian criticism and signals new directions for future scholarship. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR