Date of Award

2013

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Carrasco, Malena

Keywords

Margaret of Austria, Bron Funerary Complex, Art History

Area of Concentration

Art History

Abstract

This thesis seeks to position the sixteenth-century church of St. Nicholas of Tolentino within the art collection of its patron, Margaret of Austria, Archduchess of Austria and Governess of the Netherlands. The commission at Brou was a cumulative effort representing Margaret's personal and political ideologies. The duchess's agenda was comprehensive, enveloping such issues as the campaign for Burgundian legitimacy and Margaret's claim as the disinherited Duchess of Burgundy, the commemoration and validation of her own successes as a sovereign, her adoption of Mary Magdalen as a political symbol and personal model, and homage to the women who raised, taught, and influenced her during her movements through the European courts. The discussion is contextualized within the frameworks of the Burgundian artistic legacy and contemporary dynastic conflict, both of which were pervasive influences on Margaret's collection and at Brou. This thesis posits that Brou church is the single most thematically comprehensive aspect of Margaret's art collection, and that its iconographic sophistication is a testament to the duchess's abilities as an art patron and a sovereign.

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