Vestirse para la guerra. Realidad y ficción en las imágenes de la conquista de Túnez

Abstract

In May 1535 Carlos V reviewed the troops he had gathered to go against Barbarossa, who had become the admiral of the Turkish navy, which had settled in Tunis. For the expedition the emperor was ac-companied by chroniclers and the painter Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen, with the intention of recording the feat. But he was also concerned about the image projected by his hosts, whom he wanted to present magnificently dressed in the review of the troops that was made in Barcelona, and the supply of tents. And the thing is that one not only goes to war with weapons.

Keywords

• charles v
• tapestries
• conquest of tunis
• art and power
• im-age of power