17 September 2024
Seminar: Representing Queeship: An Iconographical Database
Matthieu Mensch, Université de Strasbourg
Overview
Iconographic documents are no longer mere illustrations but genuine sources, tools for historians and essential elements in the study of both the representations and the power of queens and princesses.
These documents are scattered throughout numerous international collections as well as private holdings, and it is often difficult to get an overall view of them. The creation of a database that would bring together all the images of these women, with searches by keyword, period, type of document and name, would be very useful both for research work and for students.
Based on my own research work, I have developed this tool within the ARCHE laboratory (University of Strasbourg), which now needs to be completed to provide a global, international and comparative vision.
