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Emblems for a Queen: The Needlework of Mary Queen of Scots

Emblems for a Queen: The Needlework of Mary Queen of Scots


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An examination of the embroideries of Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth Countess of Shrewsbury, exploring their symbolic imagery, sources, and historical context. Michael Bath reveals how these embroidered panels reflected Mary�s values during her captivity. It includes the full catalogue raisonn� of their works and identifies the printed sources that inspired.

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...this excellent book is not only a revelation of the Queen�s own cultural world, but of the internationalism and cultivation of her�milieu. The author�s very detailed knowledge of emblematic literature and the visual imagery of sixteenth-century England, Scotland and France contributes to a new and more detailed understanding of Mary�s embroideries...The careful scholarship is clearly presented and argued in an eloquent style, making the book accessible to both an expert and a lay audience. In addition,�Emblems for a Queen�is beautifully and lavishly illustrated...Emblems for a Queen�represents a superb example of expert research of material objects and deserves a wide audience of scholars and students of emblematic studies, sixteenth-century textile history, literary history, material cultural, women�s history, and the decorative arts. Basing his arguments on very careful reading of the texts of the illustrated books that were Mary's principal sources, Bath demonstrates the full potential of prints to help explain why works of art look the way they do. What more can one ask? Michael Bath has produced an erudite work which will appeal to historians and embroiderers alike. It is very interesting and extremely readable from the timeline of key events in Mary's history to the appendices and comprehensive notes and references - a superb book. The story of the handiwork, at times sinister, reflecting the dangerous political undercurrents of the era, makes fascinating reading...This is a well-researched addition to Marian literature, which not only tells of Mary's surviving and lost embroidery, but also demonstrates the important part it played in her life. This is a very well researched book for both Mary Queen Scots' supporters and needlework enthusiasts...Mary's story is so well known but this book brings alive the part that her needlework played in her life and what a superb needlewoman she was.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781904982364
  • Publisher: Archetype Publications Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Archetype Publications Ltd
  • Height: 275 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: The Needlework of Mary Queen of Scots
  • Width: 202 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1904982360
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jul 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 635 gr


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