Empress Maria Theresa and the politics of Habsburg imperial art
By: Michael Yonan.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press; Penn State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780271037226
Subjects: Maria Theresa, -- Empress of Austria, -- 1717-1780 -- Art patronage; Sex role -- Political aspects -- Austria -- History -- 18th century; Art -- Political aspects -- Austria -- History -- 18th century; Architecture -- Political aspects -- Austria -- History -- 18th century; Austria -- Kings and rulers -- Art patronage
Description: "Explores the intersections between monarchy, gender, and art through an investigation of the visual and architectural culture of the eighteenth-century Habsburg empress Maria Theresa"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The empress's image; title: The widow's gift; title: Spaces of intimacy and authority; title: The Vieux-Laque Zimmer; title: Scheherazade and the sultan's mother; title: Egeria's spring.