书名：Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII's Queens / 六段人生：亨利八世王后的故事
定价：325.0
ISBN：9781855145290
作者：Charlotte Bolland
版次：1
出版时间：2024-06

内容提要：

书 名：Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII's Queens / 六段人生：亨利八世王后的故事

作 者：Charlotte Bolland

出 版：National Portrait Gallery ，2024

装 帧：精装，224页

语 种：英语

尺 寸：24.1*27.9 cm

 

 

从霍尔拜因的肖像到百老汇音乐剧服装：以图像学视角审视六位非凡皇后的传奇

 

亨利八世的王后们被简洁地概括为一句六个字的韵文：“离、斩、逝/离、斩、存。”但她们的真实故事和遗产又是什么呢？《六段人生》揭示了阿拉贡的凯瑟琳、安妮·博林、简·西摩、克利夫斯的安妮、凯瑟琳·霍华德和凯瑟琳·帕尔这六位女性的非凡世界。本书聚焦于这些女性留下的物质痕迹以及塑造她们生活的宫廷文化，并辅以她们的书信、徽章图案、爱情信物，当然还有她们的肖像画作为丰富插图。

 

书籍开篇探讨了这些女性作为文化现象的地位，从莎士比亚的《亨利八世》到音乐剧《六皇后》，以及肖像画在这些重述中所扮演的角色。接着，概览部分通过肖像画审视了王后们的自我呈现，随后各章节分别探讨了她们与国王的关系、社交网络和赞助活动。主题文章则深入探讨了宫廷文化的特定元素，从音乐和珠宝到盛典和纹章学，应有尽有。

 

From Holbein’s portraits to Broadway musical costumes: an iconographic look at the legacy of six remarkable queens

 

The queen consorts of Henry VIII have come to be encapsulated in a succinct six-word rhyme: “Divorced, beheaded, died / Divorced, beheaded, survived.” But what were their real stories and legacies? Six Lives reveals the extraordinary worlds of Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Katherine Parr. This publication focuses on the material traces of these women and the court culture that shaped their lives, extensively illustrated with their letters, heraldic devices, love tokens and, of course, their portraits.

The book begins with an examination of the women as cultural phenomena, from Shakespeare’s Henry VIII to the musical Six, and the role that portraiture has played in these retellings. An overview examines the queens’ self-presentation through portraiture before individual chapters consider each of their relationships with the king, their social networks and their patronage. Thematic pieces take a closer look at a particular element of court culture, ranging from music and jewelry to pageantry and heraldry.