Tudor & Jacobean Portraits

by Charlotte Bolland (Author), Charlotte Bolland (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2019

  $5.02

  The Collection of the National Portra it Gallery, London, is renowned for its portraits from the Tudor and Jacobean eras, many of which are on display at the Gallery or at Montacute House, our regional partner in Somerset. This book presents portrai ts of key individuals from this period , from the monarchs and members of the ruling elite to the writers, artists and artisans that characterised the literary and artistic flourishing of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
  
  An introductory essay provides important historical context, and the ni nety works selected from the collections of the National Portrait Gallery and National Trust are accompanied by extended captions exploring the sitter and artist's significance to the period and technical information about the portrait . The publication fea tures sections on Tudor monarchs, the Stuarts, courtiers, the family in portraiture, and iconography.
  
  

• New

  Paperback
  2019

  $12.72

  The Collection of the National Portra it Gallery, London, is renowned for its portraits from the Tudor and Jacobean eras, many of which are on display at the Gallery or at Montacute House, our regional partner in Somerset. This book presents portrai ts of key individuals from this period , from the monarchs and members of the ruling elite to the writers, artists and artisans that characterised the literary and artistic flourishing of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
  
  An introductory essay provides important historical context, and the ni nety works selected from the collections of the National Portrait Gallery and National Trust are accompanied by extended captions exploring the sitter and artist's significance to the period and technical information about the portrait . The publication fea tures sections on Tudor monarchs, the Stuarts, courtiers, the family in portraiture, and iconography.