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Guide to Tudor & Jacobean Portraits
This accessible and visually stunning guide puts Tudor and Jacobean portraits into historical context. Many of these important works are in museums and country houses across the UK, and this introductory guide invites the reader to look afresh and to understand why and how they were created.
48 pages, Paperback
First published March 15, 2008
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February 1, 2024
Really informative with beautiful images of the portraits which are described.
July 3, 2017
ISBN? - 9781855144514
General Subject/s? - Portraiture / History / Tudors / Jacobeans / 16th Century / 17th Century
Title? - Exactly what it says on the cover; a selection of portraits from the 16th and 17th centuries.
General Analysis? - Although very simplified, this book offers a collection of portraits seen in the National Gallery, and a little about them. As you can't take pictures inside the gallery, this book allows you to take them home. With commentary by experts on the portraits, and historians, it is really the first of its kind.
Recommend? – Yes, a great little guide to get you started.
General Subject/s? - Portraiture / History / Tudors / Jacobeans / 16th Century / 17th Century
Title? - Exactly what it says on the cover; a selection of portraits from the 16th and 17th centuries.
General Analysis? - Although very simplified, this book offers a collection of portraits seen in the National Gallery, and a little about them. As you can't take pictures inside the gallery, this book allows you to take them home. With commentary by experts on the portraits, and historians, it is really the first of its kind.
Recommend? – Yes, a great little guide to get you started.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews