Britain and the Continent 1660‒1727: Political Crisis and Conflict Resolution in Mural Paintings at Windsor, Chelsea, Chatsworth, Hampton Court Strunck Christina

This monograph examines the most prestigious political paintings created in Britain during the High Baroque age, offering new interpretations for each of them. On the basis of hitherto unpublished documents, the book elucidates in terms of conflict resolution the creation and reception of eight major commissions that involved the court, private aristocratic patrons, and/or civic institutions, including the decoration of Windsor Castle and Hampton Court Palace as well as the Painted Halls at Chatsworth and Greenwich. It investigates a period characterized by numerous social, political, and religious crises, in the years between the restoration of the Stuart monarchy (1660) and the death of the first British monarch from the House of Hanover (1727).