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almahu_9949297077402882
Umfang:
1 online resource (256 p.) :
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7 color plates, 14 halftones
ISBN:
9780226803975
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9783110754001
Inhalt:
The Dream of Absolutism examines the political aesthetics of power under Louis XIV. What was absolutism, and how did it work? What was the function of the ostentatious display surrounding Louis XIV at Versailles? What is gained-and what is lost-by approaching such expressions of absolutism as propaganda, as present-day scholars tend to do? In this sweeping reconsideration of absolutist culture, Hall Bjørnstad argues that the exuberance of Louis XIV's reign was not top-down propaganda in any modern sense, but rather a dream dreamt collectively, by king, court, image-makers, and nation alike. Bjørnstad explores this dream through a sustained close analysis of a corpus of absolutist artifacts, ranging from Charles Le Brun's famous paintings in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles via the king's secret Mémoires to two little-known particularly extravagant verbal and textual celebrations of the king. The dream of absolutism, Bjørnstad concludes, lives at the intersection of politics and aesthetics. It is the carrier of a force that emerges as a glorious image; a participatory emotional reality that requires reality to conform to it. It is a dream, finally, that still shapes our collective political imaginary today.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Illustrations --
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On Translations and Spelling --
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Preface --
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Introduction --
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Chapter 1 The Grammar of Absolutism --
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Chapter 2 Mirrors of Absolutism --
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Chapter 3 Absolutist Absurdities --
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Conclusion Seven Theses on the Dream of Absolutism --
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Acknowledgments --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English, De Gruyter, 9783110754001
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2021 English, De Gruyter, 9783110754124
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2021, De Gruyter, 9783110753899
In:
University of Chicago Complete eBook-Package 2021, De Gruyter, 9783110739190
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780226803975
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