Art and magic in the court of the Stuarts

Art and magic in the court of the Stuarts / Vaughan Hart.

Examines the influence of magic on Renaissance art in the context of the first Stuart Court. Here artists sought to represent magic as an expression of the Stuart King's Divine Right, and later of their policy of Absolutism.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hart, Vaughan, 1960-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.
Subjects:
Stuart, House of > Art patronage.
Stuart, House of
Stuart (famille) > Mécénat.
Art, Stuart.
Allegories.
Magic > Influence.
Neoplatonism.
allegory (artistic device)
Neo-Platonism.
allegories (literary genre)
ART > Performance.
ART > Reference.
Allegories
Art patronage
Art, Stuart
Magic > Influence
Neoplatonism
Kunst.
Macht.
Magie.
Art > Grande-Bretagne > 17e siècle.
Magie > Dans l'art.
Allégories.
Néo-platonisme.
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction 'The Invisible Lady styled the Magical Sister of the Rosicross' STUART MAGIC AND THE FAIRY QUEEN; 'That triplicity which in great veneration was ascribed to ancient Hermes' STUART COURT ART AND THE MAGIC OF KINGSHIP; 'By the might, And magic of his arm' MASQUES, SERMONS, AND THE PROPHETIC 'ALBION AND JERUSALEM'; 'A peece rather of good Heraldry, than of Architecture' HERALDRY AND THE ARCHITECTURAL ORDERS AS JOINT EMBLEMS OF THE 'HOUSE OF BRITISH CHIVALRY'

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