Coming to the throne of a nation divided by religious turmoil, Elizabeth I created a powerful persona to unite the country and consolidate her power. Her public image as virgin goddess was promoted especially through art, which is the focus of this book by two experts from Historic Royal Palaces. They set Elizabeth’s portraits in context, examining how painters including royal portraitist Nicholas Hilliard contributed to the cult of ‘Gloriana’.
In a Reformation kingdom ill-used to queens, Elizabeth I needed a very particular image to hold her divided country together. The 'Cult of Gloriana' would elevate the queen to the status of a virgin goddess, aided by authors, musicians, and artists such as Spenser, Shakespeare, Hilliard, Tallis and Byrd. Her image was widely owned and distributed, thanks to the expansion of printing, and the English came to surpass their European counterparts in miniature painting, allowing courtiers to carry a likeness of their sovereign close to their hearts.
Sumptuously illustrated, Gloriana: Elizabeth I and the Art of Queenship tells the story of Elizabethan art as a powerful device for royal magnificence and propaganda, illuminating several key artworks of Elizabeth's reign to create a portrait of the Tudor monarch as she has never been seen before.
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