{"product_id":"empress-maria-theresa-and-the-michael-yonan-9780271037226","title":"Empress Maria Theresa and the Politics of Habsburg Imperial Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween 1740 and 1780, Empress Maria Theresa governed the Habsburg Empire, a multilingual conglomeration of states centered on Austria. Although recent historical scholarship has addressed Maria Theresa's legacy, she remains entirely absent from art history despite her notable role in shaping eighteenth-century European diplomatic, artistic, and cultural developments. In \u003ci\u003eEmpress Maria Theresa and the Politics of Habsburg Imperial Art, \u003c\/i\u003e Michael Yonan explores the role that material culture--paintings, architecture, porcelain, garden sculpture, and decorative objects--played in forming the monarchical identity of this historically prominent woman ruler.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria Theresa never obtained her power from men, but rather inherited it directly through birthright. In the art and architecture she commissioned, as well as the objects she incorporated into court life, she redefined visually the idea of a sovereign monarch to make strong claims for her divine right to rule and for hereditary continuity, but also allowed for flexibility among multiple and conflicting social roles. Through an examination of Maria Theresa's patronage, Michael Yonan demonstrates how women, art, and power interrelated in an unusual historical situation in which power was legitimated in women's terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Yonan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271037229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271037226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.26h x 8.32w x 0.93d","brand":"Michael Yonan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44321603715327,"sku":"9780271037226","price":123.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_de997b98-9434-43fa-9649-f3ee116e0fce.jpg?v=1696331746","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/empress-maria-theresa-and-the-michael-yonan-9780271037226","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}