TY - BOOK ID - 94240294 TI - Empresses and queens in courtly public sphere from the 17th to the 20th century PY - 2021 SN - 9789004354999 9789004460904 PB - Leiden Brill DB - UniCat KW - Iconography KW - History of Europe KW - anno 1600-1699 KW - anno 1800-1999 KW - anno 1700-1799 KW - Queens in art KW - Queens KW - Press coverage KW - History KW - Royalty KW - Rulers KW - Sovereigns KW - Monarchy KW - Women KW - Courts and courtiers KW - Empresses KW - Kings and rulers KW - iconografie (personen / portrettenlijst) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:94240294 AB - 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. ER -