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Umschlag leicht berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar. - DYNASTIE RIVALRY: THE CHATSWORTH ET IN ARCADIA EGO The Identity of the Shepherdess -- The Shepherd in Red -- The Shepherd in Blue -- Christian Imagery -- A Political Allegory -- Historical Cycles in Contemporary Writing -- Patron Saints -- Contemporary Moralizing Treatises -- The Role of Giulio Rospigliosi -- THE MAKING OF THE ABSOLUTE KING Victorious in War: David and Romulus -- Triumphant in Peace: Apollo -- Supreme Lawgiver Among Humans: Moses -- The New Messiah: The Washington Baptism of Christ -- SIMPLE SUCCESSION: THE LOUVRE ET IN ARCADIA EGO (PART 1 ) -- The Patron -- The Shepherds -- The Woman -- A Marriage of Metaphors -- Reason -- The Rule of Law -- Order and the Linguistic Landscape -- A False Hieroglyphic -- DYNASTIE CONTINUITY: THE LOUVRE ET IN ARCADIA EGO (PART 2) The Unigenitus -- The Royal Anointing -- Blood Right and Descent from St. Louis -- Guise and Lorraine Claims to the Throne -- The Royal Touch -- Communion in Two Kinds: The Eucharistic King Signs as Representation -- The Tomb Effigy -- THE AGE OF SATURN: THE LOUVRE ET IN ARCADIA EGO (PART 3) Melencolia I -- Saturn and the Engineer Avice -- Saturn the Supreme Ruler -- Hecate -- Measure -- Omphale and Hercules -- Mechanics and Politics -- Educating the Future King -- The Institution of the Prince -- EPILOGUE: CELEBRATIONS OF THE MONARCHY IN PAINTINGS FROM 1649 TO 1654 The Fronde and the Judgment of Solomon -- The Louvre Self-Portrait -- The Coming of Age and the London Finding of Moses The Sacre and the Exposition of Moses -- Conclusion: Poussin's Lessons. ISBN 9783906764979