Therese Martin

Queen as King: Politics and Architectural Propaganda in Twelfth-Century Spain

Buch

Queen as King traces the origins of San Isidoro in Leon as a royal monastic complex, following its progress as the site changed from a small eleventh-century palatine chapel housed in a double monastery to a great twelfth-century pilgrimage church served by Augustinian canons. Its most groundbreaking contribution to the history of art is the recovery of the lost patronage of Queen Urraca (reigned 1109-1126). Urraca maintained yet subverted her family's tradition of patronage on the site: to understand her history is to hold the key to the art and architecture of San Isidoro. This new approach to San Isidoro and its patronage allows a major Ro… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-90-04-15297-7
EAN: 9789004152977
Produktnummer: 2513364
Verlag: Brill Academic Pub
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Seitenangabe: 292 S.
Masse: H24.6 cm x B15.9 cm x D3.0 cm 906 g
Reihenbandnummer: 30
Gewicht: 906

Über den Autor

Therese Martin, Ph.D.(2000), University of Pittsburgh, is an Associate Professor of Medieval Art History at the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on royal architecture and female patronage.