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A fresh assessment ofthe importance of portraiture in the image-making of monarchs from Richard II to the present day, this book covers a far wider timescale than any previous studies of the subject, and is the first to focus on royal portraiture in the Royal Collection.
Starting with the stylised royal portraits of the early kings, itcovers works by Holbein, Van Dyck, Zoffany, Landseer and Freud, among many others. Each of the six chaptersopens with aquotation, andisstructured around specific key images whichare discussed in particular detail, while the final chapterinvestigatesthe new role of portraiture in the age of photography andglobal media coverage."
- Format: Hardcover
- Author: Scott, Jennifer
- ISBN: 9781905686131
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 10.00 x 0.90
- Number Of Pages: 200
- Publication Year: 2010