The armouries of the Spanish nobility

Studies on a powerful signal of social distinction and inequality
Herausgegeben:González Ramos, Roberto; Ruiz Carrasco, Jesús; Ramírez Raya, Carlos

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Produktbeschreibung

The armouries were among the most significant visual and symbolic manifestations of the nobility's elevated social position, alongside palaces, chapels, cabinet rooms, and libraries. The study of Aristocratic Culture necessitates a focus on arms, reflecting the nobility's traditional military function. Beyond the topic of arms and letters, understanding this distinct culture requires examining armouries as a critical interpretative key to social order and status. These served as demonstrations of a lineage's antiquity, prestige, importance, and worth, playing a vital role in the visual performance of this dominant social stratum. This collection of essays provides the first panoramic view of this subject, developed within the Spanish and broader European contexts, addressing the content, uses, formation, chronology, meaning, and significance of such sets of objects.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 291557
• Seitenzahl: 902
• Erscheinungstermin: August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 62mm x 148mm x 210mm
• Gewicht: 1208g
• ISBN-13: 9783631915578
• Artikelnr.: 71486680

Autorenporträt

Roberto González Ramos is a researcher in Visual and Symbolic Culture of Nobility, with a broad perspective focusing on the education and practice of Arts within the Aristocratic milieu of the Early Modern Age. His work also extends to Collectionism and the display of objects as symbolic representations of Nobility.Roberto González Ramos, is a researcher on Visual and Symbolic Culture of Nobility in a broad perspective, especially on education and practice of Arts in the Aristocratic milieu of the Early Modern Age, and on Collectionism and display of objects as symbolic representation of Nobility.

Jesús M. Ruiz Carrasco has focused his research interests on Architecture and its relationship with Nobility. He has published several texts on Architecture as an aristocratic symbol of status, as well as on Collections in 18th Century Spain.Jesús M. Ruiz Carrasco has centered his researching interests in Architecture and its relationship with Nobility, and published severaltexts on Architecture as aristocratic symbol of status, as well as on Collections in 18th Century Spain.

Carlos Ramírez Raya participates in a research group centered on Collectionism and Armouries of the Spanish nobility. He has served as the secretary of an International Congress on the subject.Carlos Ramírez Raya, participates in the Researching group centered in Collectionism and Armouries of the Spanish nobility, and have actuated as a secretary of an International Congress on the subject.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of contents - Hispanic Noble Armouries: Forms, Meanings and Overview - Spanish Noble Armouries in the Modern Age: Typologies and Legacies - The Architecture for the Armouries in Spain in the Early Modern Age - Contextualization of Noble Spanish Armories from a Broader European Perspective: The Case of Armory of the Dukes of Pfalz-Neuburg at Neuburg Castle on the Danube - The Armoury of Teodósio I, 5th Duke of Bragança - The Armoury of The Counts of Benavente - Arms in the House of Alba: a Brief Story of Functionalism - The Armoury of the Constables of Castile: a Representative Example of a Seventeenth-Century Noble Castilian Armoury - Around the Year 1600: the Medinaceli and Lerma Armouries - Noble Arms and Armouries in Hispanic America: Image, Collection, and Society - Spanish Noble Armories in American Museums and the Case of Dos Aguas - The Kernoozer's Club and the Establishment of the Instituto de Valencia de Don Juan - Documentary Appendix