Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorSteer, Linda
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-01T15:21:14Z
dc.date.available2021-12-01T15:21:14Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-20
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/15474
dc.description.abstractIn this episode, “Portraits of Rulers,” I take a look at the history of portraits of rulers in the canon of Western art and examine how portraits engage with structures of power. Beginning with French and English royalty in the 17th and 18th century, I end with a visual analysis of Kehinde Wiley’s portrait of former American President Barack Obama. Focusing on these rulers allows us to see how European portrait conventions use a number of visual cues, from clothing, pose, setting, and the objects included within the painting, to convey wealth, power and the right to rule. Examining a portrait of late 17th-century Queen Marie Antoinette allows us to see gender differences in royal portraiture. Looking closely at Obama’s portrait reveals the ways in which Wiley both adopted and refined European portrait conventions in a way that makes his portrait stand out among portraits of other American presidents.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;9
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/*
dc.subjectart history, portrait, European art, American arten_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGIONen_US
dc.titleEpisode 9: Portraits of Rulersen_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-12-01T15:21:14Z


Files in this item

Thumbnail
Name:
notes Episode 9.docx
Size:
16.78Kb
Format:
Microsoft Word 2007
Description:
episode 9 notes
Thumbnail
Name:
Episode 9 portraits.docx
Size:
28.86Kb
Format:
Microsoft Word 2007
Description:
episode 9 transcript
Thumbnail
Name:
Episode9_V2.wav
Size:
206.8Mb
Format:
WAV audio
Description:
episode 9 sound file

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International