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Item Number: 114984
Title: The Artistic Matronage of Queen Charlotte - 1744-1818: How a Queen Promoted Both Art and Female Artists in English Society
Author: Strobel, Heidi A
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9780773415799
Description: Lewiston: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011. 24cm., hardcover, 365pp., 27 b&w illus., 12 color plates. Summary: This book focuses on the artistic patronage of Queen Charlotte of England, whose artistic support has been traditionally overshadowed by that of her husband, King George III. Although Charlotte and her husband jointly patronized artists during the first decade of their marriage, she eventually became a substantial patron in her own right, supporting both the fine and decorative arts. Contents: Chapter 1: Charlotte's Patronage in Historical Perspective ; Introduction ; Purpose, Methods, Principles ; Women and the Institutions of Art ; The Construction of Gender: Artists, Media, and Patrons ; Conclusion ; Chapter 2: Charlotte's Early Years in Germany and England ; Introduction ; Charlotte's Ancestry and Early Education ; Mecklenburg in the Eighteenth Century ; A Nuptial Search ; Arrival and Marriage in England ; Hanoverian Patronage of the Arts ; The Art Market and the Eighteenth Century ; London Exhibition Venues ; Conclusion ; Chapter 3: Charlotte as Nurturer of the Arts and the Royal Family ; Introduction ; Charlotte's Household ; Mary Benwell and Catherine Read ; Mary Moser and Angelica Kauffman ; The Royal Couple and Zoffany ; West and the Royal Family ; Gainsborough and the Royal Family ; Charlotte's Matronage of the Minor Arts: Needlework, Wax Modeling and Engraving ; Mary Knowles and Mary Linwood ; Patience Wright ; Caroline Watson ; Artistic Instructors and the Royal Family ; The Gendering of Artistic Genres: The Feminization of Amateur Art ; Beyond the Royal Academy ; Charlotte and Miniature Painting ; George III and the Onset of Porphyria ; Conclusion ; Chapter 4: Charlotte's Artistic Patronage between 1790 and 1809 ; Introduction ; The Royal Retreat at Frogmore: an Artistic and Botanical Haven ; Botanical Artists Employed by Charlotte ; Moser and Matronage at Frogmore ; Printed Words and Images and the Royal Family ; Charlotte and the Beechey Family ; Matronage and Miniature Painting ; Common Interests: Multiple Generations of Artistic Philanthropy ; Charlotte and Portraiture in the 1790s ; The British Institution ; Chapter 5: The Last Decade of Patronage ; Charlotte and Subsequent Generations.
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