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Guido Reni's Abduction of Helen: The Politics and Rhetoric of Painting in Seventeenth-Century Europe
Guido Reni's Abduction of Helen The Politics and Rhetoric of Painting in SeventeenthCentury Europe
Author: Anthony Colantuono
This study explores how Guido Reni's Abduction of Helen functioned as an instrument of political rhetoric in the context of diplomatic relations among Spain, France and the Holy See during the Thirty Years War. The painting was commissioned amidst diplomatic negotiations between the Spanish monarchy and the papacy of Pope Urban VIII. The papac...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521563970
ISBN-10: 0521563976
Publication Date: 5/28/1997
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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