Signs of Power in Habsburg Spain and the New World (eBook)

Ignacio Lopez Alemany, Jason McCloskey (Herausgeber)

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2013
306 Seiten
Bucknell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-61148-497-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Signs of Power in Habsburg Spain and the New World consists of ten chapters that examine the representation of political, economic, military and symbolic power both in Spain and the New World under the Habsburgs.

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Signs of Power in Habsburg Spain and the New World explores the representation of political, economic, military, religious, and juridical power in texts and artifacts from early modern Spain and her American viceroyalties. In addition to analyzing the dynamics of power in written texts, chapters also examine pieces of material culture including coats of arms, coins, paintings and engravings. As the essays demonstrate, many of these objects work to transform the amorphous concept of power into a material reality with considerable symbolic dimensions subject to, and dependent on, interpretation. With its broad approach to the discourses of power, Signs of Power brings together studies of both canonical literary works as well as more obscure texts and objects. The position of the works studied with respect to the official center of power also varies. Whereas certain essays focus on the ways in which portrayals of power champion the aspirations of the Spanish Crown, other essays attend to voices of dissent that effectively call into question that authority.

Autor

Jason McCloskey is assistant professor of Spanish at Bucknell University. His research focuses on Renaissance artwork, classical mythology and the portrayal of exploration and piracy in early modern Hispanic poetry. Ignacio López Alemany is assistant professor of Spanish at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and editor of Calíope, Journal of the Society for the Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry.

Inhalt

Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Part I.Myths of PowerOne - Titian, Philip II, and Pagan IconographyAnne J. Cruz Two - Visual Eroticism, Poetic Voyeurism: Ekphrasis and the Complexities of Patronage in Góngora’s Fabula de Polifemo y Galatea Lucia BinottiThree - Hercules and the Statue Garden: Sansón Carrasco’s Ekphrastic and Imperial Contests in Don Quijote II.14 Frederick A. de ArmasFour - The Legend of Marus Curtius Romanus as a Sign of auctoritas in Early Modern Spain Ignacio López AlemanyPart II.Challenges for PowerFive - Coins, Value and Trust: The Problematic of Vellón in Seventeenth-Century Spanish Culture Elvira VilchesSix - Tampering with Signs of Power: Juan de Palafox, Historiography, and the Limits of HeraldryJohn SlaterSeven - Antonio Pérez and the Power of Treason Ana María G. LagunaEight - Ius gentium and Just War: The Problem of Representation in Inca Garcilaso’s Royal Commentaries José A. Cárdenas BunsenNine - The Politics of Salvation in El Greco’s Escorial Paintings and Cervantes’s LaNumancia E. C. GrafTen - Spain Succored by Religion: Titian and Lope de Vega’s La Dragontea Jason McCloskeyBibliography Index About the Contributors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.3.2013
• Zusatzinfo: 17 Illustrations including: - 17 Black & White Illustrations.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Romanistik
• Schlagworte: Art History • Latin American Studies • Spanish-American Literature • Spanish Literature
• ISBN-10: 1-61148-497-9 / 1611484979
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61148-497-7 / 9781611484977