How art helped stabilize the volatile Tudor dynasty
In short: Explore how a cosmopolitan community of artists and refugees used patronage to legitimize the reigns of England's first two queens and the Tudor monarchs.
Curators Elizabeth Cleland and Adam Eaker examine over 100 objects—ranging from iconic portraits and tapestries to armor and manuscripts—to trace the transformation of English arts. The exhibition highlights how the Tudor courts functioned as a global hub, featuring the work of Florentine sculptors, German painters, and Flemish weavers.
The presentation reveals how artistic patronage served to promote and stabilize a period of intense political shifts, spanning from Henry VII’s 1485 seizure of the throne to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603.
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