Christina Faraday on 'The Story of Tudor Art'

This is a history of Tudor England through its art and objects.

We know much about the Tudor dynasty from the iconic paintings of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Mary I and Elizabeth I and the eyes of the artists who captured them. But there is also much to learn from works commissioned by the growing sector of professional men and women, beyond members of the Church and royal court. In ‘The Story of Tudor Art’, Christina Faraday looks at the art and objects of the era to unveil the vivid and detailed feel for the political, social, economic and cultural texture of 16th-century England.

At this online Members’ book club, Christina is joined by art historian Aliki Braine to discuss the Tudor era through this illustrated history of art and artefacts.

Copies of 'The Story of Tudor Art' will be available in our National Gallery gift shops.

Dr Christina Faraday, FSA FRHistS, is a historian of art and ideas, specialising in the Tudor period. She is an Affiliated Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and host of British Art Matters Podcast. Her first book, ‘Tudor Liveliness: Vivid Art in Post-Reformation England’ was published in 2023.

Aliki Braine has an MFA from The Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford University, an MA from The Slade School of Fine Art, London and an MA from The Courtauld Institute of Art. Recent exhibitions include solo shows in Oxford, London, Birmingham, Vienna, Madrid and Paris. Her work is featured in a number of publications including ‘British Art and the Environment, Charlotte Gould and Sophie Mesplède’ (Routledge, 2022), ‘Pauline Martin, L’Évidence, le vide, la vie; La photographie face à ses lacunes’ (Ithaque Editions, 2017) and ‘Robert Shore, Post-Photography: The Artist with a Camera’ (Laurence King Pub, 2014.) Aliki is a regular lecturer for Christie’s Education, the Wallace Collection and the National Gallery. She lives and works in London.

A recording of this event will be made available to all ticket holders in the days following the event.

This recording will be available for two weeks.

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