The new paperback edition of Roy Strong's popular introduction to Elizabethan portraiture
Written for the general reader, Roy Strongtsquo;s popular introduction to Elizabethan portraiture synthesizes scholarship and research on this subject into a concise introduction to the Elizabethan aesthetic. Strong surveysthe entirety of Elizabeth I squo;s reign from the Procession Picture to the Rainbow Portrait (1600 dash;1602). A range of social aspects of Elizabethan portraiture are explored, such as patronage, symbolic self-fashioning, Elizabethan pageantry and melancholic humor. Strong reveals the Elizabethan approach to portraiture, while demonstrating a new way to look at these paintings. From celebrated portraits of the Queen and paintings of knights and courtiers, to works depicting an aspiring 'middle class squo;, Strong presents a detailed and authoritative examination of one of the most fascinating periods of British art.
