{"product_id":"9780300260595","title":"The Elizabethan Image : An Introduction to English Portraiture, 1558-1603 by Roy Strong","description":"The new paperback edition of Roy Strong's popular introduction to Elizabethan portraiture Written?for the general reader,?Roy Strong'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's reign from the Procession Picture to the Rainbow Portrait (1600-1602). 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', Strong presents a detailed and authoritative examination of one of the most fascinating periods of British art.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56311681614197,"sku":"9780300260595","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780300260595","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}