Henry VIII and the Art of Majesty

Tapestries at the Tudor Court

By: Thomas Campbell

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Hardcover | 15 September 2007 | Edition Number 1

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Luxurious, beautiful, and portable, tapestry was the pre-eminent art form of the Tudor court. Henry VIII amassed an unrivaled collection over the course of his reign, and the author weaves the history of this magnificent collection into the life of its owner with an engaging narrative style. Now largely dispersed or destroyed, Henry's extensive inventory is here reassembled and reveals how, through tapestry, Henry identified himself with historic, religious, and mythological figures, putting England in dialogue-and competition-with the leading courts of Early Modern Europe while promoting his own religious and political agendas at home. Campbell's original account sheds new light on Tudor political and artistic culture and the court's response to Renaissance aesthetic ideals. Sumptuously illustrated with newly commissioned photographs, this stunning re-creation of Europe's greatest tapestry collection challenges the predominantly text-driven histories of the period and offers a fascinating new perspective on the life of Henry VIII.

Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

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"This thoroughly researched study provides a welcome infusion of scholarly rigor into a field that has suffered from a bias toward fine arts at the expense of decorative arts. An important contribution to scholarship, it is among the best in its genre. . . . Essential."-Choice * Choice *

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Medieval Precedents
The Royal Tapestry Collection before 1399	p. 3
The Royal Tapestry Collection under the Lancastrian Kings, 1399-1461	p. 21
The Royal Tapestry Collection under Edward IV, 1461-1483	p. 45
The Founding of a Dynasty
Tapestry Acquisitions under Henry VII	p. 67
Tapestry Usage under Henry VII	p. 89
Henry Viii and Cardinal Wolsey
Henry VIII: Purchases and Use of Tapestry, 1509-1519	p. 103
Cardinal Wolsey's Tapestry Patronage, 1509-1519	p. 127
The Field of Cloth of Gold	p. 143
The Patronage of Cardinal Wolsey and Henry VIII in the Early 1520s	p. 157
Royal Patronage in the Late 1520s: Style and Iconography	p. 177
The Reformation
The Royal Divorce and the Break with Rome	p. 201
The Impact of the Reformation on the Royal Tapestry Collection	p. 229
The Great Sets of the Last Decade
The Profits of the Dissolution and New Purchases, 1538-1542	p. 251
The Story of Caesar and the Story of Abraham	p. 277
Purchases and Appropriations, 1543-1547	p. 299
The 1547 Inventory: Tapestry in Place
The Disposition and Typology of the Collection in 1547	p. 317
Taste and Perception	p. 329
Use and Dispersal of the Collection from 1547 to the Present Day
The History of the Tudor Collection, 1547-1659	p. 347
The History of the Tudor Collection from 1660 to the Present Day	p. 363
List of Abbreviations	p. 383
Notes	p. 384
Glossary	p. 397
Bibliography	p. 398
Index	p. 407
Illustration Credits	p. 421
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