The management of image in the service of power is a familiar tool of twenty-first century politics. Here a leading historian reveals how, from even before the Reformation, the Tudors sought to sustain and enhance their authority by representing themselves to their people through the media of buildi[...]
Spin and photo opportunities may appear to have emerged on to the political scene only recently, but in fact image and its manipulation have always been vital to the authority of rulers. This book, the second in Kevin Sharpe's trilogy exploring image, power, and communication in early modern England[...]
In the climactic part of his three-book series exploring the importance of public image in the Tudor and Stuart monarchies, Kevin Sharpe employs a remarkable interdisciplinary approach that draws on literary studies and art history as well as political, cultural, and social history to show how this [...]
Written by RICARDO SANCHEZ Art by KEVIN SHARPE and JHEREMY RAAPACK Cover by JHEREMY RAAPACK The terrifying world of Resident Evil returns in this title collecting the 6-issue miniseries, as the dedicated agents of the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance face off against Virus-spreading bio-wea[...]
Kevin Sharpe has been the leading scholar in interdisciplinary approaches to the study of early modern Britain for more than two decades. An historian of culture and politics, he pioneered the introduction of the perspectives and methods of other disciplines - literary criticism, the history of the [...]
Written by Tony Bedard Art by Kevin Sharpe & Dennis Calero Cover by Barry Kitson In this volume collecting issues #31-36 of the acclaimed series, The Legionnaires' leader, Cosmic Boy, has disappeared. Was he captured by enemies or has he fled responsibility? Advance-solicited; on sale April 2 - 1[...]
Written by PAUL LEVITZ Art by KEVIN SHARPE and MARLO ALQUIZA Cover by SCOTT CLARK and DAVE BEATY Witness new retellings of Superboy's first meeting with Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy and Lightning Lad as they bring him into the future in these tales from ADVENTURE COMICS #515-520. How will The Boy of Stee[...]
Together with Holbein, Anthony van Dyck (1599 -1641) is one of the most important names in British pre-18th century art. Born in Antwerp he was a precocious talent, rising swiftly to become the chief assistant to Peter Paul Rubens, then Northern Europe's most prominent painter. His importance to Bri[...]