Britain and the Continent 1660‒1727

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Britain and the Continent 1660‒1727 is written by Christina Strunck and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3110750775 (ISBN 10) and 9783110750775 (ISBN 13).

This monograph examines the most prestigious political paintings created in Britain during the High Baroque age. It investigates a period characterized by numerous social, political, and religious crises, in the years between the restoration of the Stuart monarchy (1660) and the death of the first British monarch from the House of Hanover (1727). On the basis of hitherto unpublished documents, the book elucidates the creation and reception of nine major commissions that involved the court, private aristocratic patrons, and/or civic institutions. The ground-breaking new interpretations of these works focus on strategies of conflict resolution, the creation of shared cultural memories, processes of cultural translation, the performative context of the murals and the interaction of painted images and architectural spaces.