Whitney Dennis
Biographic Data
| ID | 7445985 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Whitney Dennis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Whitney |
| FAMILY NAME | Dennis |
| SIGNATURE | DENNIS W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Saint Louis University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1355-1237 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Nobility, art and propaganda
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, the 17th duke of Alba played a central role in politics and culture in the Spanish Civil War as an agent and post-war years as ambassador in London in representation of Franco’s government after 1939, and as the owner of one of the most renowned private art collections, directly affected by the course of the war. This article will examine the vicissitudes of collection and the propaganda surrounding it, as well as his ro…
Reading between the lines
The end of entailed estates, or ‘mayorazgos’, in Spain brought about an unprecedented movement of art objects, although paradoxically the dispersal of art collections also gave rise to a renewed valuation of their restoration as a way to symbolize the restoration of the ‘mayorazgo’. The legislation that ended the status of the ‘mayorazgo’ also gave rise to the proliferation of documentation on collections, often resulting in their reordering in a…
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Reading between the lines
The end of entailed estates, or ‘mayorazgos’, in Spain brought about an unprecedented movement of art objects, although paradoxically the dispersal of art collections also gave rise to a renewed valuation of their restoration as a way to symbolize the restoration of the ‘mayorazgo’. The legislation that ended the status of the ‘mayorazgo’ also gave rise to the proliferation of documentation on collections, often resulting in their reordering in a…
Nobility, art and propaganda
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, the 17th duke of Alba played a central role in politics and culture in the Spanish Civil War as an agent and post-war years as ambassador in London in representation of Franco’s government after 1939, and as the owner of one of the most renowned private art collections, directly affected by the course of the war. This article will examine the vicissitudes of collection and the propaganda surrounding it, as well as his ro…
Historical Art and Architecture Studies (2 works) · Art (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Cultural heritage (1 work) · Documentation (1 work) · Duke of Alba (1 work) · Francoism (1 work) · Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia (1 work)