Gower- armada portrait

Question 1

date

Answer 1

1588

Question 2

symbols

Answer 2

pearls: purity and divinity

mermaid: command of the seas, feminine allure

fan: desirability

bows: largest pearl in painting positioned with bow over genital area sisplaying virginity and adding status to it

celestial sun imagrey and moons: power and enlightenment, control of the weather as she faces the sun

globe: foreign powers

Question 3

pearl symbol

Answer 3

pearls: purity and divinity

Question 4

memrmaid symbol

Answer 4

mermaid: command of the seas, feminine allure

Question 5

fan symbol

Answer 5

fan: desirability

Question 6

bow symbol

Answer 6

bows: largest pearl in painting positioned with bow over genital area sisplaying virginity and adding status to it

Question 7

globe symbol

Answer 7

globe: foreign powers

Question 7

celestial sun and moon symbols

Answer 7

celestial sun imagrey and moons: power and enlightenment, control of the weather as she faces the sun

Question 8

how is this not an accurate representation of her beauty

Answer 8

had smallpox scarring, skins texture concealed (idealisation of queens beauty)

Question 9

what was the function of the portrait

Answer 9

provided for her courtiers to show her power and beauty

often shown to citizens to portray her status

Question 10

what does it suggest about the battle with the spanish armada

Answer 10

shows defeat of spanish armarda against Philip II

Question 11

When was englands first colony in america established

Answer 11

4 years after this painting, virginia, shows desire for empire and illusion to power was true

Question 12

positioning and treatment of the figure

Answer 12

dress embroided with ribbons, pearls, and suns

pearls in her hair

elaborate chair suggesting status

3/4 view suggesting status

right hand on globe (visual representation of her post armada speech of power)

Question 13

right hand on globe significance

Answer 13

right hand on globe (visual representation of her post armada speech of power)

globe- desire for empire, international power, age of exploration

Question 14

how is her desireability increased by image of fan

Answer 14

possible gift from courtier

Question 15

what does the crown represent

Answer 15

status and imperial ambition

Question 16

how many versions

Answer 16

3 versions, 1 in national gallery tripped on both sides

Question 17

who was possibly the patron

Answer 17

Sir francis drake

Question 18

who are the current owners

Answer 18

the tyrwhitt drake family

Question 19

how is purity represented in her identity

Answer 19

-pearls signify purity and virginity

-was protestant

-moons and pearls together reference Cynthia, a goddess of the moon who is praised for her virginal purity

-was beyond child bearing age and known as the virgin queen making her seem goddess like and divine

-purity makes her more desireable to attract a political marriage

Question 20

what does moons and pearls together represent

Answer 20

-moons and pearls together reference Cynthia, a goddess of the moon who is praised for her virginal purity

Question 21

how is beauty represented as party of her identity

Answer 21

idealised and feminine

mermaid, feminine allure

Question 22

how is power represented as part of her identity

Answer 22

globe

mermaid representing command of the seas