Fate, Glory, and Love in Early Modern Gallery Decoration - Lagerlof, Margaretha Rossholm

Analyzing the decorative programmes of the most opulent European palaces of the time, Margaretha Lagerl investigates how meaning was conveyed through display and visual effects. She explores the visual meaning inherent in the scheme of spatial relations; in effects of scale, perspective, lighting, figures' positions and postures; and in relations among image types.