Helen Jacobsen

Luxury and Power

The Material World of the Stuart Diplomat, 1660-1714

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of the material world of English ambassadors at the end of the seventeenth century, illustrating the way in which architecture and the arts played an important role in diplomatic life. Luxury and Power is an important contribution to the cultural history of Baroque England.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 137mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780199693757
• ISBN-10: 0199693757
• Artikelnr.: 33722814

Autorenporträt

Dr Jacobsen graduated from Cambridge University and pursued a career in investment banking, working in London, New York, and Tokyo. She returned to academia to pursue her overriding interest in cultural history and studied for her D.Phil at New College, Oxford, on the subject of seventeenth-century diplomats and their material world. She currently lectures on architecture and the decorative arts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Diplomats Overseas
1: Equipping the Royal Representative
2: Establishing the Embassy Abroad
3: Collecting and Connoisseurship
4: Procurement and Display
Part II: Strategies of Distinction
5: Patronage, Networks, and the Arts: The Earl of Arlington, 1618-1685
6: Informed Choices: Ralph Montagu, 1638-1709
7: Venetian Influences: The Earl of Manchester, 1662-1722
8: The Connoisseurial Advisor: Matthew Prior, 1664-1721
9: Ubiquitous display: The Earl of Strafford, 1672-1739
Conclusion
Bibliography