Research Catalog

Title

Magt og afmagt : Christian II's billedpolitik = Pictures and power : the visual politics of Christian II / Hanne Kolind Poulsen ; med bidrag af = with contribution by Lars Bisgaard ; [redaktør = editor, Cecilie Høgsbro Østergaard ; oversættelser = translations, René Lauritsen].

Publication

Copenhagen : Statens Museum for Kunst, ©2017.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Poulsen, Hanne Kolind.
• Bisgaard, Lars.
• Høgsbro Østergaard, Cecilie.
• Statens museum for kunst (Denmark)

Description

133 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 27 cm

Summary

Christian II is one of Denmark's most fascinating kings, and the first Danish king to properly use visual art to promote himself and his political agendas. In the exhibition you can explore how he used art as a tool to aid his political strategies. Christian II (1481-1559) is famous as the king who married into one of the most powerful noble houses of Europe, angered the aristocracy, lost his crown and was banished from the country. At the same time he had to navigate between the old Catholic Church and the new Lutheran faith. And Christian II was the first Danish king to extensively use pictures in his efforts to promote himself and his political agendas. In the exhibition you can delve into and explore how Christian II used pictures strategically, both while he was still king and when he was exiled, striving in vain to reclaim his lost realms. Christian II used paintings and prints, especially, to get his message out to all relevant persons. And he used the most famous artists of the age for his propaganda. The exhibition features paintings, drawings, engravings and woodcuts by artists such as Albrecht Dürer, Jan Gossart, Michiel Sittow and Lucas Cranach the Elder. Exhibition: Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark (10.06.-10.09.2017).

Alternative Title

Pictures and power : the visual politics of Christian II

Subject

• Christian II, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, 1481-1559 > Exhibitions
• Christian II, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, 1481-1559 > Portraits
• Christian II, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, 1481-1559
• 1448-1660
• Kings and rulers in art > Exhibitions
• Power (Social sciences) in art > Exhibitions
• Portrait painting, European > 16th century > Exhibitions
• Portrait prints, European > 16th century > Exhibitions
• Kings and rulers
• Kings and rulers in art
• Portrait painting, European
• Portrait prints, European
• Power (Social sciences) in art
• Denmark > Kings and rulers > Portraits
• Denmark > History > 1448-1660 > Exhibitions
• Denmark

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• History.
• Portraits.

Note

• Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at The National Gallery of Denmark, June 15 - September 10, 2017.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-129).

Language (note)

• Parallel texts in Danish and English.

Call Number

JQF 18-1834

ISBN

• 9788775510238
• 8775510235

OCLC

999580410

Title

Magt og afmagt : Christian II's billedpolitik = Pictures and power : the visual politics of Christian II / Hanne Kolind Poulsen ; med bidrag af = with contribution by Lars Bisgaard ; [redaktør = editor, Cecilie Høgsbro Østergaard ; oversættelser = translations, René Lauritsen].

Imprint

Copenhagen : Statens Museum for Kunst, ©2017.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-129).

Language

Parallel texts in Danish and English.

Chronological Term

1448-1660

Added Author

Poulsen, Hanne Kolind.

Bisgaard, Lars.

Høgsbro Østergaard, Cecilie.

Statens museum for kunst (Denmark)

Research Call Number

JQF 18-1834