Elizabethan Globalism: England, China And The Rainbow Portrait

"The Rainbow Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I has enough mythmaking character design to make a comic book superhero jealous, and yet it still retains its mystery. Part history, part art book, Elizabethan Globalism: England, China and the Rainbow Portrait offers up in-depth scholarship and a museum exhibit’s worth of historical artifacts, illuminating the world behind the painting: the queen’s growing power, England’s relationship with the Ottoman Empire, its fascination with China and issues of fashion, culture and trade. It’s a historical treasure hunt that shows how a single artifact contains underpinnings of an empire and that offers fascinating insight into how political myths are made."