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Picturing Marie Leszczinska (1703-1768) : representing queenship in eighteenth-century France
- Title
- Picturing Marie Leszczinska (1703-1768) : representing queenship in eighteenth-century France / Jennifer G. Germann.
- Author
- Germann, Jennifer Grant
- Publication
- Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2015]
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| Text | Use in library | N7639.M24 G47 2015 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiii, 239 pages, 4 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- Portraits of Queen Marie Leszczinska (1703-1768) were highly visible in eighteenth-century France. Appearing in royal chateaux and, after 1737, in the Parisian Salons, the queen's image was central to the visual construction of the monarchy. Her earliest portraits negotiated aspects of her ethnic difference, French gender norms, and royal rank to craft an image of an appropriate consort to the king. Later portraits by Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, Carle Van Loo, and Jean-Marc Nattier contributed to changing notions of queenship over the course of her 43 year tenure. Whether as royal wife, devout consort, or devoted mother, Marie Leszczinska's image mattered. While she has often been seen as a weak consort, this study argues that queenly images were powerful and even necessary for Louis XV's projection of authority. This is the first study dedicated to analyzing the queen's portraits. It engages feminist theory while setting the queen's image in the context of portraiture in France, courtly factional conflict, and the history of the French monarchy. While this investigation is historically specific, it raises the larger problem of the power of women's images versus the empowerment of women, a challenge that continues to plague the representation of political women today.
- Subject
- Marie Leszczyńska, Queen, consort of Louis XV, King of France, 1703-1768 > Portraits
- Marie Leszczyńska, Queen, consort of Louis XV, King of France, 1703-1768
- Maria Frankreich, Königin 1703-1768
- Marie Leszczy'nska, 1703-1768
- Marie Leszczyńska (Queen, consort of Louis XV, King of France ; 1703-1768)
- Queens in art
- 20.70 European art
- 21.02 history of painting
- Kings and rulers
- Bildnis
- Höfische Kunst
- France > Kings and rulers > Portraits
- France
- Frankreich
- Frankrijk
- Genre/Form
- Portraits.
- Note
- Substantial revision, with additions, of a portion of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002) under the title: Figuring Marie Leszczinska (1703-1768).
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Framing queenship in France -- Incorporating Marie Leszczinska -- Sons and mothers -- Gendering the French monarchy -- The Queen's new image -- Epilogue: memorializing Marie Leszczinska.
- ISBN
- 9781409455820
- 1409455823
- LCCN
- 2015019038
- 9781409455820
- OCLC
- ocn908935524
- 908935524
- SCSB-1845790
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library