‘Here, in her hairs / The Painter plays the spider…’: Shakespeare’s spider painter in European and Elizabethan context
‘Here, in her hairs / The Painter plays the spider…’: Shakespeare’s spider painter in European and Elizabethan context
Explores Shakespeare's metaphor of the 'spider painter' (Merchant of Venice casket scenes) in relation to spider imagery, Queen Elizabeth 1 and Nicholas Hilliard.
Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, Painters, Queen Elizabeth 1, costume accessories, Nicholas Hilliard
Hall, James
48dd240e-f874-4d3a-9c4a-17464d5d14c6
11 December 2021
Hall, James
48dd240e-f874-4d3a-9c4a-17464d5d14c6
Hall, James
(2021)
‘Here, in her hairs / The Painter plays the spider…’: Shakespeare’s spider painter in European and Elizabethan context.
Oxford Art Journal.
Abstract
Explores Shakespeare's metaphor of the 'spider painter' (Merchant of Venice casket scenes) in relation to spider imagery, Queen Elizabeth 1 and Nicholas Hilliard.
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Spider Painters essay Revised EDIT
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Accepted/In Press date: 9 January 2019
Published date: 11 December 2021
Keywords:
Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, Painters, Queen Elizabeth 1, costume accessories, Nicholas Hilliard
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/438437
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