Empresses and queens in courtly public spheres from the 17th to the 20th century / / edited by Marion Romberg.

• Superior document: Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; Volume 56
• TeilnehmendeR: Romberg, Marion, 1979-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; Volume 56.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (334 pages)

This book analyzes the evolving interaction between court and media from an understudied perspective. Eight case studies focus on different European Empress consorts and Queen regnants from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, using a comparative, cross-media, and cross-period approach. The volume addresses a multitude of questions, ranging from how dynastic women achieved public prominence through their portraits; how their faces and bodies were moulded and rearticulated to fit varying expectations in the courtly public sphere; and the degree to which they, as female actors, engaged with or had agency within the processes of production and reception. In particular, two types of female rulership and their relationship to diverse media are contrasted, and lesser-known and under-researched dynastic women are spotlighted. Contributors: Christine Engelke, Anna Fabiankowitsch, Inga Lena Ångström Grandien, Titia Hensel, Andrea Mayr, Alison McQueen, Marion Romberg, and Alison Rowley.

Table of Contents

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: Empresses and Queens in Courtly Public Sphere from the 17th to the 20th Century -- Marion Romberg -- Part 1: Early Modern Times -- 1 Christina of Sweden's Royal Representation in Architecture, Interiors and Portraits (1644-1654) -- Inga Lena Ångström Grandien -- 2 An Early Modern Empress Consort's Role in the Courtly Public Sphere: Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg and Her Media Appearance in Single-Sheet Prints and Medals between 1676 and 1687 -- Marion Romberg -- 3 Striking Images: The Public Image of Maria Theresa of Austria in Coins and Medals (1740-1780) -- Anna Fabiankowitsch -- Part 2: 19th Century -- 4 Picturing Empress Maria Anna of Savoy-Sardinia on Medals in the First Half of the 19th Century -- Andrea Mayr -- 5 'Secret Pictures'? Staging Privacy in Franz Xaver Winterhalter's Portraits of Female Monarchs -- Titia Hensel -- 6 Shaped to Suit a Nation: Mid-19th-Century Representations of the Last Empress of the French -- Alison McQueen -- 7 Feminine Majesty on an International Stage: French Postcards and Russian Empress Alexandra Feodorovna -- Alison Rowley -- Part 3: 20th Century -- 8 Andy Warhol's Reigning Queens and the Deconstruction of the Royal Portrait in Modern Times -- Christine Engelke -- Index.