Research Catalog

Title

The Tudors : art and majesty in Renaissance England / Elizabeth Cleland and Adam Eaker ; with contributions by Marjorie E. Wieseman and Sarah Bochicchio.

Author

Cleland, Elizabeth A. H.

Publication

• New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022.
• New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press

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Details

Additional Authors

• Eaker, Adam
• Wieseman, Marjorie E.
• Bochicchio, Sarah
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution, issuing body.
• Cleveland Museum of Art, host institution.
• Legion of Honor (San Francisco, Calif.), host institution.

Description

352 pages : illustrations; 28 cm

Summary

Ruling successively from 1485 through 1603, the five Tudor monarchs changed England indelibly, using the visual arts to both legitimize and glorify their tumultuous rule-from Henry VII's bloody rise to power, through Henry VIII's breach with the Roman Catholic Church, to the reign of the "virgin queen" Elizabeth I. With incisive scholarship and sumptuous new photography, the book explores the politics and personalities of the Tudors, and how they used art in their diplomacy at home and abroad.0Tudor courts were truly cosmopolitan, attracting artists and artisans from across Europe, including Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543), Jean Clouet (ca. 1485-1540), and Benedetto da Rovezzano (1474-1552). At the same time, the Tudors nurtured local talent such as Isaac Oliver (ca. 1565-1617) and Nicholas Hilliard (ca. 1547-1619) and gave rise to a distinctly English aesthetic that now defines the visual legacy of the dynasty. This book reveals the true history behind a family that has long captured the public imagination, bringing to life the extravagant and politically precarious world of the Tudors through the exquisite paintings, lush textiles, gleaming metalwork, and countless luxury objects that adorned their spectacular courts. Exhibition: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA (10.10.2022-08.01.2023) / The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA (26.02-14.05.2023) / FAMSF, San Francisco , USA (24.06-24.09.2023).

Alternative Title

Art and majesty in Renaissance England

Subject

• Tudor, House of > Exhibitions
• Tudor, House of
• 1485-1603
• Art, Tudor > Exhibitions
• Art, Renaissance > England > Exhibitions
• Art, Renaissance
• Art, Tudor
• Courts and courtiers
• Great Britain > History > Tudors, 1485-1603 > Exhibitions
• Great Britain > Court and courtiers > History > 16th century > Exhibitions
• England
• Great Britain

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• History.

Note

• "This catalogue is published in conjunction with The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from October 3, 2022, to January 8, 2023; the Cleveland Museum of Art from February 26 to May 14, 2023; and the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, from June 24 to September 24, 2023." -- Title page verso

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-343) and index

Contents

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Contributors -- Note to the reader -- Genealogy of the Tudor dynasty -- Preface : an insular art? / Elizabeth Cleland and Adam Eaker -- Inventing a dynasty -- England, Europe, and the World : art as policy / Elizabeth Cleland -- Courtly splendor -- Furnishing the palace / Elizabeth Cleland -- The Tudor art of the gift / Adam Eaker -- Honing the Tudor aesthetic / Elizabeth Cleland -- Courtly identity -- Hans Holbein and the status of Tudor painting / Adam Eaker -- Fashioning the courtier / Adam Eaker -- Icons of rule / Adam Eaker -- The Tudor legacy -- Iterations of Elizabeth : a seventeenth-century legacy / Sarah Bochicchio -- The Tudor afterlife / Marjorie E. Wieseman -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photography credits

Call Number

JQF 22-1710

ISBN

• 9781588396921
• 1588396924

OCLC

1336935535

Author

Cleland, Elizabeth A. H., author.

Title

The Tudors : art and majesty in Renaissance England / Elizabeth Cleland and Adam Eaker ; with contributions by Marjorie E. Wieseman and Sarah Bochicchio.

Publisher

New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022.

Distributor

New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-343) and index

Chronological Term

1485-1603

Added Author

Eaker, Adam, author.

Wieseman, Marjorie E., author.

Bochicchio, Sarah, author.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution, issuing body.

Cleveland Museum of Art, host institution.

Legion of Honor (San Francisco, Calif.), host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 22-1710