The Portuguese restoration of 1640 and its global visualization: political iconography and transcultural negotiation

The Portuguese Restoration of 1640 ended the dynastic union of Portugal and Spain. This book pioneers in reconstructing the global image discourse related to the event by bringing together visualizations from three decades and four continents. These include paintings, engravings, a statue, coins, em...

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Main Author: Krass, Urte 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2024
Series:Visual and material culture, 1300-1700
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048551750
https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048551750
https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048551750
Summary:The Portuguese Restoration of 1640 ended the dynastic union of Portugal and Spain. This book pioneers in reconstructing the global image discourse related to the event by bringing together visualizations from three decades and four continents. These include paintings, engravings, a statue, coins, emblems, miniatures, a miraculous crosier and other regalia, buildings, textiles, a castrum doloris, drawings, and ivory statues. Situated within the academic field of visual studies, the book interrogates the role of images and depictions before, during, and after the overthrow and how they functioned within the intercontinental communication processes in the Portuguese Empire. The results challenge the conventional notion of center and periphery and reveal unforeseen entanglements as well as an unexpected agency of imagery from the remotest regions under Portuguese control. The book breaks new ground in linking the field of early modern political iconography with transcultural art history and visual studies
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Feb 2024)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (508 Seiten)
ISBN:9789048551750
DOI:10.1017/9789048551750

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