Picturing courtiers and nobles from Castiglione to Van Dyck : self representation by early modern elites /

"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 trace...

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Main Author: Peacock, John, 1941- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
Series:Routledge research in art history.
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