Tudors to Windsors

National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain), creator.

Book 2018

The Collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, embraces over 500 years of British history, more than 60,000 sitters and explores ideas of social change, power and influence. Arguably as powerful and influential as any individual are the heads of state and empire , whose portraits are among the most popular in the Gallery's Collection. For the exhibition that accompanies this book, the portraits of kings, queens, statesmen and stateswome...

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ISBN:

9781855147560
1855147564

Description:

239 pages : illustrations (some color), color map, portraits (some color) ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Tudors to Windsors : British royal portraits

Notes:

Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, October 7, 2018-February 3, 2019 and Bendigo Art Gallery, Australia, March 16-July 14, 2019
Includes bibliographical references (page 230) and index

Contents:

Introduction / Louise Stewart and Tarnya Cooper
Illusions of majesty : monarchy, uncertainty and image-making / David Cannadine
Making monarchy : the changing face of power / Tarnya Cooper
Loyalty and dissent : royal portraiture beyong the court / Louise Stewart
The Tudors : An introduction / Charlotte Bolland ; Portraits
Royal favourites / Rab MacGibbon
Royal mistresses / Rab MacGibbon
The Stuarts : An introduction / Catharine MacLeod ; Portraits
Royal fashion / Louise Stewart
Royal satire / Paul Cox and Lucy Peltz
The Georgians : An introduction / Lucy Peltz ; Portraits
Royal weddings / Louise Stewart
Royals at war / Paul Cox and Paul Moorhouse
The Victorians : An introduction / Rosie Broadley ; Portraits
Royals and photography / Sabina Jaskot-Gill
The Windsors : An introduction / Rosie Broadley ; Portraits

Control Number:

2628434

Other Authors:

Bendigo Art Gallery, host institution
Cannadine, David, 1950- author of introduction
Cooper, Tarnya, editor
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution
Stewart, Louise (Curator)

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