Medallic Portraits "à l’antique" of the French Kings before Louis XIV

Bibliographic description

title:	Medallic Portraits "à l’antique" of the French Kings before Louis XIV
author:	Fulińska Agnieszka
editor:	Niedźwiedź Jakub
book title:	Literatura renesansowa w Polsce i Europie : studia dedykowane Profesorowi Andrzejowi Borowskiemu
date of publication :	2016
place of publication : name of publisher:	Kraków : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
pages:	466-479
ISBN:	978-83-233-4024-9
eISBN:	978-83-233-9486-0
series:	Terminus. Bibliotheca. Seria 2; nr 6
notes:	Strona wydawcy: https://www.wuj.pl
language:	English
book language:	English
abstract in English:	The early medallic production of French Kings was hardly systematic: it was not until the reign of Henry IV that the idea of histoire métallique took shape, and even then it was not fully realized. However, even the early medals provide us with interesting examples of a well-premeditated programme and a propagandistic dimension. One of the focal tendencies in the public image of the Renaissance kings was the adaptation of classical motifs and their inclusion into royal iconography. The paper analyses the classical elements present on the portrait medals of the French rulers before Louis XIV, their meanings, ancient analogies and sources.
keywords in English:	medallic portrait, classical reception, Renaissance France, imagery of power
affiliation:	Wydział Historyczny : Instytut Historii
type:	chapter
subtype:	academic paper