If the Tudors “exercise a stronger hold on the public imagination than their Plantagenet precursors or Stuart successors”, it is largely “because we can all picture them so clearly”, said Peter ...
When we think of the Tudors, we think of majestic paintings in which they appear triumphant, ruffed, and dripping in finery. Across Renaissance Europe, portraiture was beginning to play a crucial role ...
The poor have always been with us, as the Bible says. In 10th century England, wealthy donors or religious orders endowed houses for the poor, the sickly, the widow, the orphan. These were called bede ...
Hans Holbein’s portraits of a barrel-chested Henry VIII define how we think about the insatiable Tudor tyrant and his court - Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images Yet, as Elizabeth Goldring ...
The Last Supper is the finale of the main story. Once you begin, you won't be able to do any other quests, activities, or free explore. The recommended level is 13. Along with finally getting revenge ...
Imagine coming face to face with the extraordinary people who filled the court of King Henry VIII. Well we can! Thanks to the extraordinary work of the artist hans Holbein the Younger. Professor ...
There’s plenty of scholarly support for the post-secular pivot, but popular culture’s role in the pivot is fresh scholarly terrain. Art, faith, sex, and “religious-inflected” controversies are the ...
The first thing you notice about the much-hyped Hans Holbein portrait of Henry VIII at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford is that it ain’t very big. The painting is emblazoned on highway ...
If you want to explore more of the Avatar franchise’s visual history, you're in luck, as several more official Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra art books are available, and some are ...
Season 5 is officially titled The Chosen: Last Supper, and yes — it's going exactly where you think it is. This eight-episode arc picks up right after the Sermon on the Mount, where tensions are ...