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Elizabeth and Representation

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Elizabeth and Representation

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    1. Elizabeth and Representation “Most portraits of Elizabeth as queen are concerned with conveying an image rather than the truth of her appearance or character.  She never appears less than confident and regal.”

    2. ICONOGRAPHY The images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject;

    3. According to Roy Strong in Gloriana (1987), “the deliberate development of state festivals in glorification of rulers, the evolution of the palace as an architectural complex and the patronage of humanist poets and historiographers” were all ways in which rulers in early modern Europe consolidated their power and expanded the “Idea of Monarchy”

    4. Elizabeth 1 attempted to control production and distribution of royal portraits Invoked not individual likeness but “abstract principles of rule” (in neo-Platonist terms, “idea” or “form” of kingship) Served moral function: portrayal of good ruler would encourage subjects to act virtuously  Took place of religious icons EG worship of Virgin Mary/worship of Virgin Queen  Lockets of Elizabeth worn like religious medals , symbols of sacred nature of royal person  1570s wearing of limnings of queen within jeweled lockets became fashionable Played part in international politics / portraits of Elizabeth on continent often connected with marriage negotiations

    5. Princess 1550-Queen 1565

    6. 1579 was turning point in Elizabethan portraiture??? year of first allegorical portrait of queen - connected with development of cult of Virgin Queen and myth of Golden Age related to knowledge queen would not marry, expectation of war with Catholic Spain, and growth of English maritime imperialism Motto of Semper Aedeum “ always the Same” was easily applied to her portraiture

    13. Elizabeth did not like paintings which showed her age or physical decay.  Her limner, Nicholas Hilliard, was asked to create a formalized image of the queen  known as the “mask of youth”

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