Making The Tudors
Channel: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Date: 2023-11-01

11 May 2023
Part of Tudors Now!

For many people Tudor art means portraits, but this session will show that there is far more to the period’s visual and material culture. This discussion with three leading scholars and curators will explore exciting recent scholarship on the decorative arts, including interior decoration, wood, plasterwork and textiles. It will foreground the interaction between images and issues such as religion, social status and gender. We will also consider the period’s beliefs about mental images and the role of the senses in communication, offering a deeper, theoretical basis for the analysis of Tudor art, rooted in the period’s theories about the mind.